HAROLD THE HERALD
TANTARA, teroo!
I’m Harold the Herald,
Gadfly and trumpeter too,
Well equipped for my job, as you see,
My trumpet's
a gentian,
My sword's in its
scabbard,
My wife, let me mention,
Embroidered my tabard
With stitches
as fine as can be.
Tantara, teroo!
Wake up and take notice,
This news is
important for you!
Today is a great day for all
In the insect creation
(And that is a rhyme for
Jollification),
So do he in time for
The magnificent Butterfly Ball!
PS. At dawn, when sunshine with a flood
Of light fills all the sky with gold,
The Gadfly’s wife (so I’ve been told)
Besides the paper and the post
Brings him a morning cup of blood,
Not just because he likes it most;
It is in fact his only food
And puts him in a sanguine mood
For doing almost anything,
But most of all for trumpeting.
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