A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican

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A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican (1913)
by Dixon Lanier Merritt
"Along the By-Paths", Nashville Banner, April 22, 1913
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478648A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican — "Along the By-Paths", Nashville Banner, April 22, 19131913Dixon Lanier Merritt

Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican!
His beak holds more than his belican.
He takes in his beak
Food enough for a week.
But I'll be darned if I know how the helican.

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