Yellow-bird the clarionet shall play,
Blithe, and clear, and gay.
Purple-finch what instrument will suit?
He can play the flute.
Fire-winged blackbirds sound the merry fife,
And the robins [wind the mellow horn]
Loudly, eve and morn.
Who shall [clash the cymbals]? Jay and crow,
That is all they know;