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Wildlife in the nursery

Mary had a little....



Story behind the piece:
Story by David W Solomons with music and animals by Lorin Swelk


Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was black as soot,
and everywhere that Mary went,
his sooty foot he put

Mary had a rattlesnake,
with music in its tail,
it followed Mary everywhere
and made her friends quite pale.

Mary had a small raccoon,
which was so very cute,
but everywhere that Mary ate,
it tried to wash her fruit

Mary had a squirrel then,
which ate through wires and cable,
when Mary turned her TV on,
she found she wasn't able.

So Mary said she'd have a wolf,
a loyal savage beast,
it kept her safe like Romulus,
didn't scare her in the least.

Then Mary's choice fell on a moose,
which brayed and smelt quite strong,
and everywhere that Mary went
her friends declared "So long!"

Mary had a tyrannosaur,
she grew it from a cell,
but when she took the beast to school
the teachers left as well

So Mary is alone right now,
no humans venture near her,
but Mary is quite happy

With squirrel, moose, wolf,
tyrannosaur, racoon,
rattlesnake and,

oh yes,

a little lamb to cheer her