THE MAGPIE.
Oh! What an elegant bird
So good to look at,
Wearing his formal clothes
But then, they make that awful sound
That is so bad to hear.
Oh! What an imposing bird
Did you know, that when
He takes a wife,
it is for life BUT
he is so noisy to hear.
Oh! What an iridescent bird
Known as the Devil’s bird who
Sat on the cross of Christ
And unlike the Dove, shed not a tear.
His shrieks are shrill to hear.
Oh! What a superstitious bird
They collect in trees.
In Nursery Rhyme books we
Count them to see if we are to
Lucky or unlucky!
It is just his sound, so awful to hear,
Magpies, One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told
Eight for a wish
Nine for a kiss
Ten for a surprise you should be careful not to miss
Eleven for health
Twelve for wealth
Thirteen beware, it’s the Devil himself.
(We saw 14 in a nearby tree - from our bedroom window.)
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