Starfish
Starfish
A star-fish stood on the sandy shoreTo list to the seaside band.As with rumble-tumble dash and roarThe waves swept over the land.The man in the moon from his binnacle soonSuspended the beacon-light.“Aha!” cried the star-fish, full of glee,“I’ll have a nice dance to-night!”A jig and a hornpipe all aloneHe danced to a lively tune.And capered about with his shadow thereIn the silvery light of the moon.Then up came others by twos and twos,Some of them real old salts.Who danced the Polka, Virginia Reel,And the new Society Waltz.With twinkling feet they skipped aboutLike elves on the shining sand,And kept good time to the rhyme and chimeOf the famous seaside band.They danced and capered, and skipped and tripped.As merry as they could be,Till the tide came up with a sudden rushAnd swept them into the sea.
A star-fish stood on the sandy shoreTo list to the seaside band.As with rumble-tumble dash and roarThe waves swept over the land.The man in the moon from his binnacle soonSuspended the beacon-light.“Aha!” cried the star-fish, full of glee,“I’ll have a nice dance to-night!”A jig and a hornpipe all aloneHe danced to a lively tune.And capered about with his shadow thereIn the silvery light of the moon.Then up came others by twos and twos,Some of them real old salts.Who danced the Polka, Virginia Reel,And the new Society Waltz.With twinkling feet they skipped aboutLike elves on the shining sand,And kept good time to the rhyme and chimeOf the famous seaside band.They danced and capered, and skipped and tripped.As merry as they could be,Till the tide came up with a sudden rushAnd swept them into the sea.
A star-fish stood on the sandy shoreTo list to the seaside band.As with rumble-tumble dash and roarThe waves swept over the land.
A star-fish stood on the sandy shore
To list to the seaside band.
As with rumble-tumble dash and roar
The waves swept over the land.
The man in the moon from his binnacle soonSuspended the beacon-light.“Aha!” cried the star-fish, full of glee,“I’ll have a nice dance to-night!”
The man in the moon from his binnacle soon
Suspended the beacon-light.
“Aha!” cried the star-fish, full of glee,
“I’ll have a nice dance to-night!”
A jig and a hornpipe all aloneHe danced to a lively tune.And capered about with his shadow thereIn the silvery light of the moon.
A jig and a hornpipe all alone
He danced to a lively tune.
And capered about with his shadow there
In the silvery light of the moon.
Then up came others by twos and twos,Some of them real old salts.Who danced the Polka, Virginia Reel,And the new Society Waltz.
Then up came others by twos and twos,
Some of them real old salts.
Who danced the Polka, Virginia Reel,
And the new Society Waltz.
With twinkling feet they skipped aboutLike elves on the shining sand,And kept good time to the rhyme and chimeOf the famous seaside band.
With twinkling feet they skipped about
Like elves on the shining sand,
And kept good time to the rhyme and chime
Of the famous seaside band.
They danced and capered, and skipped and tripped.As merry as they could be,Till the tide came up with a sudden rushAnd swept them into the sea.
They danced and capered, and skipped and tripped.
As merry as they could be,
Till the tide came up with a sudden rush
And swept them into the sea.