There' s a crow that hangs out near Dover

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A short excerpt of a full color version of the illustrated book of nonsensical rhymes "Unocadirò". Text and drawings by Cesare Reggiani. The black and white edition had been published in Italy by Danilo Montanari Editore in 2008.

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Cesare Reggiani

THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER

Cesare Reggiani

THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER

THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER

THERE’S A CROW THAT HANGS OUT NEAR DOVER

AND SHRIEKS IN HIS DREAMS LIKE A GONER:

SOMETIMES SQUEAKS LIKE A BAT

OR A DOOR BOLT AT THAT,

OUR CREAKING OLD CROW OF DOVER.

A CROW OF DOVER

A PEACOCK BORN AND BRED IN DUNDEE,

BELIEVES IT IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE:

ONE PROUD LOOK AT THE MAP

AND HE’S A TRAVELLING CHAP,

THAT SEDENTARY COCK OF DUNDEE.

A PEACOCK IN DUNDEE

AN IBIS THAT HAILS FROM DENVER

IS A KIND OF A NONSENSE DISPENSER:

- I WAS BORN IN A NOSE -

HE SAID, BUT THERE WERE THOSE

WHO IGNORED THAT IBIS OF DENVER.

AN IBIS FROM DENVER

THERE ONCE WAS A GOOSE FROM CORFU,

I KNOW NO MORE ABOUT HER THAN YOU,

IF YOU ASKED FOR NEWS LINKS

SHE’D CLAM UP LIKE A SPHINX,

THAT MOST RESERVED GOOSE OF CORFU.

A GOOSE FROM CORFU

THERE ONCE WAS A SHREW OF FOLLONICA,

WHO PLAYED VIRTUOSO HARMONICA:

STAGE PRESENCE WAS ZERO

BUT ON FRIDAYS A HERO,

THAT PRE-WEEKEND SHREW OF FOLLONICA.

A SHREW OF FOLLONICA

IN LEEDS A SURVEYOR PORCUPINE,

HEAPED UP LEAF-WINGS AND BASKETS IN LINE:

TO APPEAR QUITE PUNCTILIOUS

HE ESCHEWED THE SINUOUS,

THAT INELASTIC LEEDS PORCUPINE.

A PORCUPINE IN LEEDS

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