On the 25th day of December

[Richard Brekne]

Merry Christmas everyone !

On Christmas day a piano in Naugahyde 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