RE: Bluebird

[carolkean]

Your rabbit "took to foot," not paw, and birds canted their song, and now you've reminded me of the beloved Ray Thomas (R.I.P.) of the Moody Blues and his quirky little nature song,

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[carolkean]

Here's another one, which my older sister remembers, but I do not. Tales of the Riverbank, sometimes called Hammy Hamster and Once Upon a Hamster for the Canadian version, is a British children's television show developed from a Canadian pilot. Great messages about racism, subtle, but effective. Why isn't this show as well known as Sesame Street?

[carolkean]

And a youtube commenter summed it up better than I could:
Bruce Beatlefan - 9 years ago

The quintessential Ray Thomas song: childlike in its utter lack of self-consciousness, simple, fanciful, sometimes silly, and musically irresistible. Ray concocts a song from a nature walk, turning woodland creatures into a menagerie of musical polyphony, from bees buzzing in harmony to a mouse playing a daffodil (?) . Justin recalls how he failed to play his guitar part with "only one string"--it required two! Also features perhaps the most melodic and prominent bass part ever from John Lodge.

That's how your poem makes me feel, too. :)

[takeonrules]

Oh wow, I'm glad I could invoke such a feeling.