====== #1133 - Tale of the Kangaroo ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Gustave Luders|{{search>"Gustave Luders" @cobs}}++ (1865-1913), 1900
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
In a grove far away in Australia\\
Dwelt a dear little Kangaroo,\\
And she soon found a beau, but her folks said: "No,\\
we have formed other plans for you."\\
Then they locked up the maid,\\
for they felt quite afraid\\
She'd elope and would soon be a bride,\\
But she danced on her tail in that home-made jail\\
when she heard these words outside:\\
Oh, moonbeam light and airy,\\
Oh, moonbeam soft and blue,\\
Pray be a good kind fairy,\\
for I've work tonight for you.\\
Seek out my distant sweetheart,\\
Fly swift as Cupid's dove.\\
Give her my heart's true message:\\
"You're the only one I love!"\\
\\
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Oh, moonbeam light and airy,\\
Oh, moonbeam soft and blue,\\
Pray be a good kind fairy,\\
for I've work tonight for you.\\
Seek out my distant sweetheart,\\
Fly swift as Cupid's dove.\\
Give her my heart's true message:\\
"You're the only one I love!"\\
\\
But one night, sad to say,\\
As he sang that lay,\\
He was heard by a side-show man.\\
Now he mourns all day in a hopeless way\\
through the bars of the circus van;\\
But at night, as the light of the moonbeams bright\\
Steals in through the grated door,\\
How it lights up the gloom of his four-wheeled tomb\\
When he hears these words once more.\\
Oh, moonbeam light and airy,\\
Oh, moonbeam soft and blue,\\
Pray be a good kind fairy,\\
for I've work tonight for you.\\
Seek out my distant sweetheart,\\
Fly swift as Cupid's dove.\\
Give her my heart's true message:\\
"You're the only one I love!"\\
\\
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    *Frank M. Pixley (1867–1919), 1900