Birdsong - Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt

Poem Title: Birdsong
Author: Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt
SourceWriggle and Roar 

Deep in the wood I heard a bird:
Too-whit, too-whoo.
I said to the woodland bird I heard,
"And who are you?"
"I am an owl, a woodland owl, 
How do you do, too-whoo?
Too-whit, too-whoo."

Down by the sea I heard a bird:
Mee-ew, mee-ew.
I said to the seaside bird I heard,
"And who are you?"
"I am a gull, a seaside gull,
How do you do, mee-ew?
Mee-ew, mee-ew."

Out in the country I heard a bird:
Cuckoo, cuckoo.
I said to the country bird I heard,
"And who are you?"
"I am a cuckoo, a country cuckoo,
How do you do, cuckoo?
Cuckoo, cuckoo."

Down on the farm I heard a bird:
Cock-a-doodledoo,
I said to the farmyard bird I heard,
"Who on earth are you?"
"I am a cock, a farmyard cock,
How do you doodledoo?
Cock-a-doodledoo."

Too-whit, too-whoo,
Mee-ew, mee-ew,
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
Cock-a-doodledoo!




 

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