All hail, thou mighty feathered dolt.
Weird emblem of the thunderbolt.
Thy fame, Oh Madagascar's pride.
Throughout the world is spreading wide.

Poor Dodo, now in realms unknown.
Forever left thy once proud throne.
Quite gone, a veritable Guy fled.
Thy very name a joke, poor biped.
Thy graceful beak is seen no more.
Thy voice no longer holds the floor.
Thy swinging walk, engaging smile.
No longer animates thy isle.

Quite true it is, poor bird maligned.
That many people feel inclined,
Oh Dodo dear to use thy name,
Mixed up with expletives profane.

The politician of the day.
Just like some wild beast turned at bay.
Who execrates, thus doth berate,
The opposition Candidate.
You Dodo Rook, I'll fix you yet.
You Chump, I'll get your scalp you bet.
You Dodo Owl, I'll break your rungs.
Jump down your throat, stamp on your lungs.
In one day more, you Dodo Jack,
I'll have you flat upon your back.

But stop, Oh Dodo dear, I grieve.
My heart beats fast, a great upheave:
To think that any doubtful word,
Is ever linked with such a bird.

Good Dodo unexcelled, now rest.
Secure, you are the very best,
Of birds, bright star, your glory fixed.
Oh purest gem, all gold unmixed.
Now Dodo sleep, you stand immure.
Forever great, your fame secure.

The maelstrom may be dried up.
The mother dog may lose her pup.
The oatmeal cake be turned to wheat.
The tabby cat her kittens eat.
The beetle toot his bugle call.
Niagara's torrent cease to fall.
So Dodo dear have courage now.
And scratch the cob webs from thy brow.

Consider, all the fame great bird.
Bestowed on thee, yea every word,
Of adulation far beneath.
Thy rich desert, thy laurel wreath.

Hold up your beak, and don't stop. Watch.
Be sure you seek the high top notch.
Pull down your chin, stick up your lip.
And then you'll never get the pip.
Oh gentle Dodo pray be calm.
You cannot now be brought to harm.
Thy past secure, thy future gleams.
All sunshine bright with radiant beams.

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