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A MERRY HEART: DRYAD OF THE PEANUT TREE, by                    
First Line: I am the dryad of a peanut tree
Last Line: "the frisky sentence, ""you're a nut, nut, nut!"
Subject(s): Dryads; Nuts & Nutting


I am the dryad of a peanut tree;
Listen to the dogwood bark at me;
I tie my hair with wispy twine,
Skip rope backwards with a peanut vine,
Turn cartwheels by an academic rut,
And tell the world I'm a nut, I'm a nut!

I met a college on a winding hill,
And asked it why it stood so still:
"Join left chimneys, suck in doors,
Throw out your windows, wheel in fours,
Jig on a cornice and you will see
Why is the dryad of a peanut tree!"

I whirled my wisps on the college hill,
Popped Yucatan at the local still,
Told the institution with treesome glee
How to be the dryad of a peanut tree.
The college croaked from its academic rut,
The conclusive words, "You're a nut, nut, nut!"
The frisky sentence, "You're a nut, nut, nut!"





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