In an ocean, 'way out yonder,
(As all sapient people know)
Is the land of Wonder-Wander,
Whither children love to go;
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I was born in 1936.. as a child I had a book of children's poems.. and how I loved the poems in that book.. published I believe by Whitman Publishing in Racine Wisconsin.. I still have it on the headboard of my bed.. and one of my most favorite poems was the Dinkey Bird by Eugene Field.. lately the key line in the poem (and the Dinkey Bird was singing in the amfalula tree) has been racing around in my mind.. thank goodness for google and for the internet.. because of them I found the poem.. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PoemHunter.com.. smiles.. baba kaps.. India traveller..
I came across the dinkey bird in the works of Charlotte Macleod - I don't think the book has been available in Australia, so I had to use Google to find out where it came from. Thanks. Jacqy