CrowI detest the Carrion Crow!(He's a raven, don't you know?) He's a greedy glutton, also, and a ghoul,
And his sanctimonious
Rubs my temper on the raw. He's a demon, and a most degraded fowl.
Blue WrenI admire the pert
And his dainty little hen- Though she hasn't got a trace of blue upon her;
But she's pleasing, and she's pretty, And she sings a cheerful ditty;
While her husband is a gentleman of honour.
CuckooI despise the Pallid Cuckoo,
A disreputable "crook" who Shirks her duties for a lazy life of ease.
I abhor her mournful call,
Which is not a song at all But a cross between a whimper and a wheeze.
