If I Were a Cassowary

DESCRIPTION: "If I were a cassowary Living out in Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary Coat and had and hymnbook too."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: bird home food
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 23, "(If I were a Cassowary)" (1 text)
Roud #25350
NOTES [46 words]: Cassowaries are flightless birds that live in New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and nearby islands. They are not found in Timbuctoo. They are large (among the largest living birds), with substantial weaponry, so they occasionally do injure humans, but they do not eat them. - RBW
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