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a HGR LO Peel aay 
Saucy cousin to the crow, 
You’re a vagabond we know, 
Scolding, chuckling all the day. 
We'll be careful what we say 
In your presence, for we’d hate— 
Knowing you can imitate— 
Having you tell all you know 
For no mercy would you show. 
No bird’s handsomer than you; 
And we hope it is not true 
That you such a rascal are— 
We must watch you near and far, 
For the mischief you might make 
If great care we did not take. 
But, no matter what they say 
You’re some fellow, Mister Jay. 
When the nuts are ripe in fall, 
Then we love to hear you call 
In the woodlands bare and brown 
Where the dead leaves scatter down. 
If all birds were wise as you 
And your merry, cheeky crew, 
No protection would they need 
When they roam about to feed. 
There are other jays than you 
In the South, and Westward, too; 
But their habits are the same— 
They have earned a world-wide fame. 
Mimic and ventriloquist 
When you leave us you are missed. 
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So, wherever they may stay 
Don’t forget a Jay’s a Jay. 
OrpHEUS MoyYER SCHANTZ 
