Re: help finding a book

On 26-Nov-03 at 4:05pm -0800, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 > I am looking for a book that my father read to me as a child. All
 > I remember about it is that they were sitting under an amfalula
 > tree (phoenetically spelled)...

Oh goody! I get to "give something back"! I had an almost identical
query a few years ago on this very newsgroup! Here's what I found:

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Credit: "D & G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on the USENET
Newsgroup, "rec.arts.books.childrens" for providing this:

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"The Dinkey-Bird",
by Eugene Field

In an ocean, 'way out yonder
(As all sapient people know),
Is the land of Wonder-Wander,
Whither children love to go;
It's their playing, romping, swinging,
That give great joy to me
While the Dinkey-Bird goes singing
In the amfalula tree!

There the gum-drops grow like cherries
And the taffy's thick as peas --
Caramels you pick like berries
When, and where, and how you please;
Big red sugar-plums are clinging
To the cliffs beside that sea
Where the Dinkey-Bird is singing
In the amfalula tree.

So when children shout and scamper
And make merry all the day,
When there's naught to put a damper
To the ardor of their play;
When I hear their laughter ringing
Then I'm sure as sure can be
That the Dinkey-Bird is singing
In the amfalula tree.

For the Dinkey-Bird's bravura's
And staccatos are so sweet --
His roulades, appoggiaturas,
And robustos so complete,
That the youth of every nation --
Be they near or far away --
Have especial delectation
In that gladsome roundelay.

Their eyes grow bright and brighter --
Their lungs begin to crow,
Their hearts get light and lighter,
And their cheeks are all aglow;
For an echo cometh bringing
The news to all and me,
That the Dinkey-Bird is singing
In the amfalula tree.

I'm sure you'd like to go there
To see your feathered friend --
And so many goodies grow there
You would like to comprehend!
Speed, little dreams, your winging
To that land across the sea
Where the Dinkey-Bird is singing
In the amfalula tree!

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...Enjoy!     :)

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