“Jolly Marchers by Maisie Aletha Smikle
Dam Dam Didley Doe
Dee Daw Didley Doe
Dee Dam Doe
Fa So La Ti Doe
Animals in a row
Prancing as they go
Jiggling and Wiggling
Tails and head bobbing
Mice on drums
Elephants on flute
Zebras blare the trumpets
Squirrels blow trombones
Skunks get funky on clarinets
Bees on violins
Hogs on guitar
Parrots and crickets sing Aha Aha
Vultures cheer
Mosquitoes twirl
Wings clapping and flapping
Heads go up and down bobbing
Marching and skanking
Rocking and bobbing
Wiggling and singing
Dee Daw Didley Doe
This is not a circus
There are no clowns
There is not a palace
There are no crowns
On and on they go
Monkeys in tow
Tigers in bow
Onlookers stare and glow
Donkey takes the podium
As conductor of the band
Waving his marching wand
The band comes to a stand
Mule takes a stool
And sits in the cool
They have reached the bend
Where the march ends
The ants were nesting
So they missed the fest
Some got on tambourines
And insist they must join in
The ants jiggle and wiggle
Some play the fiddle
Dancing and singing
Didley Dam Didley Doe”
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― Maisie Aletha Smikle
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