Bird Brain Poem by Frederick Nellist

Wagtail limped across the lawn
Swift said he's got a corn
No said Wren he's chasing Thrush
Looks like two birds in a bush,
I missed all that said Goldfinch
Fell asleep Lark give me a pinch
Swan asked Dove any worms in sight
Don't know said Owl I'm a fly by night
Crow is that laughing that I heard
It's only that idiot Mocking Bird
Oh said Swallow what's he here for
We don't want him do we Jackdaw
Robin got killed very much sorrow
Yes said Blackbird, blaming Sparrow
Yes said Magpie he did execute
He was Raven mad drunk as a Coot.