Page Two THE TIMBERDOODLE 



I was born in a Bay State town 

 And Springfield was its name; 

 About all the New England birds 

 Full knowledge I do claim; 

 1 remember all the records 

 From Connecticut to Maine. 



Many Pine State books were written, 



And The Auk reviewed them all, 



And to many a young writer 



We gave a heavy fall. 



Among the first came Everett Smith 



And Brewster wrote a line, 



Saying he was "almost an Ornithologist, 



So I squelched him for all time. 



With later years came Walter Rich's 

 Feathered Game of The Northeast, 

 1 heard the book was coming 

 And got ready for a feast. 

 He was a gay young sportsman 

 And an artist of great fame; 

 The Portland people said he knew 

 About all feathered game. 



He said the Heath Hen might exist 



In some Long Island bog, 



So I took my pen and made him feel 



Like a Timberdoodle dog. 



Reggie Howe had been in Maine some 



So I turned and took a crack 



At his Birds of Massachusetts, 



And put him on the rack. 



