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A FEW OF THE BIRD-FAMILY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE OLD BOB-WHITE AND CHIPBIRD
Last Line: AND OUR OLD SETTIN'-HEN!
Subject(s): BIRDS; RIVERS;

THE Old Bob-white and Chipbird;
The Flicker, and Chewink,
And little hopty-skip bird
Along the river-brink.

The Blackbird, and Snowbird,
The Chicken-hawk, and Crane;
The glossy old black Crow-bird,
And Buzzard down the lane.

The Yellowbird, and Redbird,
The Tomtit, and the Cat;
The Thrush, and that Red@3head@1-bird
The rest's all pickin' at!

The Jay-bird, and the Bluebird,
The Sapsuck, and the Wren --
The Cockadoodle-doo-bird,
And our old Settin'-hen!



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