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The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he with a grin, That the bluebird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be?

John Townsend Trowbridge
Giving, Bird, Bluebird
John Townsend Trowbridge (1869). “Vagabonds: And Other Poems”, p.115
The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he with a grin, That the bluebird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be?