ABC
Antelopes play autoharps.
Bonobos blow a boatswain's call.
Cows play cowbell scales in sharps.
(Albino cows can play 'em all.)
DEF
Dingoes play their daxophones.
Elephants...? Electric basses.
Fleas play F-flat flexatones.
(Mine I store in anvil cases.)
GHI
On Sundays, gnus play guitarróne.
On Saturdays, harmonica.
(On weekdays, ANY id'ophone,
though shofars during Hannukkah.)
JKL
Jays, in March, play jingle bells.
In April, kites play key'd bassoon.
July finds lemurs playing lute,
though rarely in the month of June.
MNO
In May play Mynas madrigals.
Nightingales play nu skool breaks.
Ostriches play operettas.
(Oh, what noise each ostrich makes!)
PQ
Pre-dawn, prawns pianos play.
At quarter past eleven,
quahogs execute quintets.
(They quit 'round ten of seven.)
RST
Rhinoceruses racketts play.
Do serpents play their serpents...? Sure!
And tadpoles play trombones (they say),
though plagued with swollen embouchure.
UVW
Urchins play a ukulele.
Vampire bats play vibraphone.
Wallabies play washboard. (Hayley
Mills would, too, were she full grown.)
XYZ
Xeruses, of course, play xun.
Yaks play yun-lo. (Are we done...?)
Zaks and zorses play a zither.
Being tone-deaf, I play none.
