Musical Round - Songless

(The melody for this is not quite Rose - close but no banana)


Pen, pen, upon my desk
I've not held you for a devil of a time
Now the keyboard I caress
To put my thoughts in rhyme

Paper upon the stacks
I've not held you for a devil of a time
Now the screen in white and black
Will hold my thoughts in rhyme

Books, books, up in my case
I've not held you for a devil of a time
Now the TV screen does race
To tell me how to rhyme

Violin in closet's back
I've not held you for a devil of a time
Now the CD case does crack
To show me how to rhyme

Bard, bard upon the street
I've not heard you for a devil of a time
Gone the chance we'll once more meet
To put my heart in rhyme

Howl, howl in the night
I've not heard you for a devil of a time
Gone the chance to set things right
To bring me back to rhyme

Muse, muse I hold inside
I've not held you for a devil of a time
How I miss when you would ride
And put my heart in rhyme

Dance, dance I know not how
I've not felt you for a devil of a time
With you I will leap and bow
With rhythm and with rhyme.

Voice held so deep in thrall
I've not heard you for a devil of a time
Will you heed my earnest call
And join with me in rhyme?

Song, song I never wrote
I've wanted you for a devil of a time
Time to grow from smallest mote
And join with me in rhyme