The Beginning Of The Armadilloes

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I've never sailed the Amazon,
  I've never reached Brazil;
  But the Don and Magdalena,
  They can go there when they will!

  Yes, weekly from Southampton
  Great steamers, white and gold,
  Go rolling down to Rio
  (Roll down - roll down to Rio!).
  And I'd like to roll to Rio
  Some day before I'm old!

  I've never seen a Jaguar,
  Nor yet an Armadill-
  O dilloing in his armour,
  And I s'pose I never will,

  Unless I go to Rio
  These wonders to behold -
  Roll down - roll down to Rio -
  Roll really down to Rio!
  Oh, I'd love to roll to Rio
  Some day before I'm old!

© Rudyard Kipling