MELBA'S PARROT
Dame Nellie Melba recently received a.- gift of a. grey parrot, which, when a "Daily Mail" representative called at the diva's residence in London, was sitting in its cage by her piano listening attentively to the diva us she sang. "I have had her only a few weeks," said Dame Nellie, "but already she has ceased to whistle, and has devoted herself to song. She seems to have been born with a natural trill. Her favourite song is 'Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes.' which I am singing at my farewell concert on Sunday at the Albert HaTi. A bar or two of this song is alwavs on her lips—or, rather, in her beak — and she possesses an enviable talent for singing it upside down. As soon as I begin to practise, Greybird remains absolutely silent; but when I pause she bursts into sonff."
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2742, 7 September 1923, Page 9
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147MELBA'S PARROT Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2742, 7 September 1923, Page 9
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