T minus 1 and counting -- On On the 24th day of December a piano came to me With A bow of bailing twine, Twenty three bushings binding, Twenty two hoppled hammers, Twenty one crusty keypins, Twenty beckets buckling, Nineteen shanks a-squiggling, Eighteen keys a-knocking, Seventeen barren back checks, Sixteen pins a-pommeled, Fifteen butts a-bounding, Fourteen wobbly whippens, Thirteen coins a-clinking, Twelve tubby bass strings, Eleven jacks a-jumping, Ten grungy grommets, Nine brittle bridles, Eight damaged dampers, Seven fractured flanges, Six errant elbows, Five broken strings ! Four coats of paint, Three warped posts, Two pedals bent, From a Parson who wants it fixed free ! Cheers RicB
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