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THE FOOL'S SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: I TRIED TO PUT A BIRD IN A CAGE
Last Line: HEIGH-HO! TRUTH IN A CAGE.
Subject(s): TRUTH;
I tried to put a bird in a cage.
O fool that I am!
For the bird was Truth.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when I had the bird in the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, it broke my pretty cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!

And when the bird was flown from the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, I had nor bird nor cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage.



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