“We Warble Amiss”
Do you know we get it
wrong each December if we sing
(of sooty black birds who perch
on limbs and breeze block chimneys,
amid the french hens and golden
rings) calling birds rather than colly?
(Rather Lengthy) Notes:
Cinder Blocks are called Breeze Blocks in England, since
breeze is another word for ashes which are used to make the blocks.
Colly means to blacken or begrime as with wood or coal ashes.
Thus, our True Love gives us four black Colly Birds.
Why he or she does so is another matter.
Directions for building cinder block bird house at
Josephina Ballerina 
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I love this Maureen! what a great little bird house.
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How clever.
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Ah yes, the illusory collie bird. (woof tweet)
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I'm glad you broke down the poem… very interesting. And, I've never seen a bird house built like that. Thanks for sharing.
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Such an interesting looking bird house!! I like the unusual, especially in housing my feathered friends!!
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brilliant. couldn't imagine where you were going when I saw the pic of the breeze block. Maureen, I have the same issue with one of the blogs I follow too – she sits unloved at the bottom of the list until I check it out. Interestingly, we are both in Germany, so wonder if it is something to do with our geographical internet settings.
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Interesting about the colly birds – who knew? Love the cinder block bird house – very ingenious! xo Karen
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you left me an awesome comment today 😉
made me laugh out loud!!
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Hi Josephina Ballerina….love that you explained what the words in the poem meant, and a fun poem for six word. Thanks for the visit to me. I've enjoyed my first try at doing the six word. 🙂
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you are soooooo funny and you don't update often enough!!
hehe….can you believe it, ME…sweet ole' me. everyone usually loves me!!
next time i'm bringing flowers 😉
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