Wednesday, July 4, 2012

The Owl
Of all the queer birds
I ever did see
The owl is the queerest
By part of me

Of all day long
She sits on the tree
And when the night comes
Away fly she...

19 comments:

  1. Please correct "By part of me" to "By far to me". Also, it should be "For all day long", instead of "Of all day long". Thanks.

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  2. This poem must be R.P. origin, because this is the one and the only poem I knew from my Mama.
    To me personally, I like it.

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  3. That's a version of the lyrics from Ravenscroft's "Of All the Birds", which goes like this:

    Of all the birds that ever I see,
    The Owl is the fairest in her degree,
    For all the day long, she sits in a tree
    And when the night comes, away flies she.

    To whit, to who, to whom drink'st thou?
    Sir knave to thee
    This song is well sung, I make you a vow,
    And he is a knave that drinkest now

    Nose, nose, jolly red nose,
    And who gave me that jolly red nose?
    Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves
    And that gave thee thy jolly red nose.

    From Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia 1609
    http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Of_all_the_birds_that_ever_I_see_(Thomas_Ravenscroft)

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  4. My grandmother too also recited the same version above. She's 91 yrs old. It took me years to find this poem bc she would say bits and pieces of it since i was a kid, till recently she said the whole thing and i looked it up as fast as i could. Love this poem as well and now it has such sentimental value.

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  5. I love this poem, The Owl.
    This is the only poem i remember during my Elementary School. Love it. Thanks to the poet who wrote this poem.❤⚘

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  6. I know this poem from my aunt long ago when i was young

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  7. The only poem i remember when i was an elementary student. I am 61 y.o. now

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  8. The only poem i remember when i was an elementary student. I am 61 y.o. now

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  9. The only poem i remember when i was an elementary student. I am 61 y.o. now

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  10. I learned this in grade school but only now realize the wisdom of its meaning - beauty of God's creation creation in contrast

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  11. I can still remember this poem since my elementary days. Now I'm teaching it to my 6yr old grandaughter..

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  12. This is my first poem I know, when I was in grade1 . Thanks teacher!!!

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  13. The owl, of all the queer birds I ever did see, the owl is the queerest by far to me, for all day long she sits on the tree, and when the night comes away fly sea!!!

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  14. I LOVE THIS POEM..THIS WILL REMIND ME OF MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A KID. SHE LIKES TO RECITE THIS POEM TO ENTERTAIN ME 😊.

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  15. I learned this poem in grade school, Philippines.

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  16. My mama teach me this poem when I was 4 years old, now I'm 37 and I still memorize it and my mother passed away 3 months ago and I cried each time I remember her and this poem is very special in my heart :( I miss you mama

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  17. This is the only poem i remember too when i was a kindergarten.. i am 40 now. My teacher name is Ms. Almiñana. i can only recite bits of it as I don't know many words back then and don't understand them.

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