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Thread #171602 Message #4230877
Posted By: GUEST,Oriel Wynn-Dawe
30-Oct-25 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Songs about musical Instruments
Subject: RE: Songs about musical Instruments
The three dots represent the singer imitating a bassoon - written 'poom poom poom' in the music.
The Bassoon Quenton Ashlyn I’m very fond of music, and I think it simply grand, To listen to the instruments of a full orchestral band. The cornet and the piccolo to me are quite a boon, But the one I love the best of all is the good old deep bassoon. Recit. When it goes … rich and deep … Oh what music! … Chorus Oh isn’t it lovely … when you hear it go … It makes me rejoice when I hear its sweet voice, So tasty so … Verse 2 Altho’ I’m very bashful yet I love a maiden fair, But just because I am so shy I can’t my love declare. One night I mean to serenade her ’neath the silvr’y moon, And the instrument I want to play is the good old deep bassoon. Recit. I shall go … to my love … ’neath her window … Chorus Oh darling I love you so … and I want you to … If you’ll be my … we’ll be happy for … My own little … Verse 3 And now I’ve learnt to play so well I find that my bassoon, It does me good if I don’t feel well on a Sunday afternoon. It cures a headache, stops a cold, kills beetles rats and mice, It’s a perfect household remedy and so take my advice. Recit. Have a dose … try some … for the … Chorus When you’ve a slight pain in your … and you feel rather … Just take some … with a spoonful of … and you’re cured of your …