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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 …