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GUEST,leeneia Lyr Req: Thou Poor Bird: A lovely, simple round... (38) RE: Lyr Req: Thou Poor Bird: A lovely, simple round... 16 Feb 16

Here are the words from the 1867 book which Jim Dixon (bless him) linked above.

Thou, poor bird, mourn'st the tree
where lately thou didst warble in thy
wand'rings free.

I made a MIDI and modernized the words to

Ah, poor bird, mourn the tree
where lately you did warble in your
wand'ring free.
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Ever since my sis-in-law, a teacher of English as a second language, pointed out to me that English speakers cheerfully pile up consonants which other people may find impossible, I have looked for such clusters.

Consider "mournst the"   rnstth
         "didst warble" dstw

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