BLUE JAY 
BLUE JAY 
“I hear there is going to be a great race. 
But we have to go barefoot and at a fast pace. 
I bet there will be an awful big throng, 
And ‘Tain’t, Tain’t, Tain’t,’ is my only song. 
“My color is gorgeous, my feathers are soft; 
But I never could make my home in a loft; 
The kids they all like me, that’s one very sure thing, 
But the ‘like’ is all off when they once hear me sing! 
‘Tain’t, Tain’t, Tain’t!” 
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