Ain he that storybook kid with the big nose that grows?
• Bach Chorale — The place behind the barn where you keep the horses • Bass — The things you run around in softball • Bassoon — Typical response when asked what you hope to catch, and when • Big Band — When the bar pays enough to bring two banjo players • Bossa Nova — The car your foreman drives • Cadenza — That ugly thing your wife always vacuums dog hair off of when company comes • Cello — The proper way to answer the phone • Clarinet — Name for your second daughter if you’ve already used Betty Jo • Clef — What you try never to fall off of • Bass Clef — Where you wind up if you do fall off • Conductor — The man who punches your ticket to Birmingham • Cut Time — Parole • Cymbal — What they use on deer-crossing signs so you know what to sight-in your pistol with • Diminished Fifth — An empty bottle of Jack Daniels • First Inversion — Grandpa’s battle group at Normandy • French Horn — Your wife says you smell like a cheap one when you come in at 4 a.m. • Major Scale — W
