"We are a wonderful musical pair,
Our notes go sailing up into the air,
And then like rain
Come down again.
When Mr. Frog, as will be seen,
Will catch 'em all in his tambourine,
And put our notes
Back in our throats
To use once more
On another score.
"So don't be afraid to ask us to sing
A solemn song or some comic thing;
An opera grand, an opera small.
We've notes enough and to spare for all.
We can sing as high as a telegraph pole,
As deep as the hole where they keep the coal.
So step up soon
And name your tune.
Meanwhile we'll sing in our best-known manner
A line from the sweet 'Star-Spangled Banana.'"
Mamma. "Ethel, what is the matter with you? You have been jumping all day long."
Ethel. "I think it must be my spring tonic that makes me feel so."
OVERHEARD AT THE CIRCUS.
I've seen a whale that did fine tricks,
And nothing could be moister;
But what I most do wish to see 's
An educated oyster.
The monkeys race on ponies,
And the elephants all dance;
They've dogs that sing right in the ring,
And even pigs that prance.
They've boars that play at muggins, and
They've storks that know the waltz;
They've horses that stand on their heads,
A kangaroo that vaults.
But none of them, it seems to me,
The equal could be rated
Of one small shell-clad oyster that
Was really educated.
"You didn't shoot the lady through the hoop to-day," said the Hippopotamus to the Cannon.
"No," replied the Cannon. "They discharged me yesterday."
"I didn't think the Clown was very funny to-day," said the Kangaroo.