Bee-bop a diddly do
A ring a ding a dong;
Silly little syllables
create a happy song.

Bam, bang, crackle, crash
Ga-rump-a-rump-a-roo;
Now these rougher syllables
I’d rather not even use.

But they all serve a purpose,
and get the point across;
Though they’ve little meaning
they express emotions well.

And so it is with music,
Universal across all lands;
Understood by every tongue,
yet with nary a word sung,
its volume and intonations
convey the feeling among.

10/2/14