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A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Once upon a time,
In a not-so-distant place,
Among a not-so-distant people,
There came… a drummer./He was not so much to look at.
He was neither tall nor short.
He had no outstanding features-
A rather ordinary sort.
But when he came among them
And he began to play,
They soon began to listen,
In no ordinary way.
He shouldered up his big brass drum
And thundered out a beat,
Which moved the crowd to dancing
And laughing in the street.. “How rude!” Said some whose ears were deaf
“Without doubt, this must cease!
“What kind of rabble rouser,
“Disturbs the public peace?”
But those with ears rejoiced the more
The drummer’s beat to hear
And soon began to drum along
His message loud and clear
But when the deaf ones’ anger rose
They hung the drummer high.