FAMOUS PARROT

Evening Star, Issue 19550, 7 May 1927, Page 9

FAMOUS PARROT

BECOMES DANCE MAD NOW MEMBER OF BAND. Roily, the famous parrot at the White Hart Inn, on the Bath road, at Cranford Bridge, who two years ago stopped seven motorists in a week with a wonderful imitation of a motor tyre burstj followed by the hiss of escaping air, has now become dance mad. . Perched on top of the piano, Polly has voted herself a member of the band which plays at the weekly dances, and she now sings any ragtime, imitate a saxophone, and, to the tune of ‘ Bed, Red, Robin,’ her favorite tune, she will Charleston along her perch with a strict regard to rhythm. A waltz sends Polly on to hep swing, where, singing lustily, she sways backwards and forwards in time with the music. For a ‘ Daily Mail ’ reporter Polly gave a selection from her repertoire, including ‘ Bye-bye, Blackbird,’ and ‘ I Wonder Where My Baby is To-night? ’ As soon as she recognised the tune played on the piano she threw back her head, opened her beak, and sang with a jovous abandon, keeping time with her her tongue. Most of the words of the song were clearly audible, and at the end of her turn, in answer to the applause, Polly broke into ‘ Marchita,’ unaccompanied. Then, satisfied at having done her duty, she continued her toilet, for she is very proud of her bright green feathers, and is only twenty years old.