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[yms]

I never sailed the Amazon and I never reached Brazil,
But the Don and the Magdalena they can go there when they will,
And 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 someday before I'm old.

I've never seen a jaguar nor yet an armadill -
O, dillo'ing in his armour, and I s'pose I never will,
Unless I go to Rio, these wonders to behold,
Go rolling down to Rio, roll really down to Rio,
and I'd like to roll to Rio someday before I'm old.
Yes I'd love to roll to Rio someday before I'm old.

(Kipling)

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[ex-ilyavinar899.livejournal.com]

Here Ricky-Ticky interrupted, and the rest of the song is lost.

[yms.livejournal.com]

...but years passed, and someone completed it:

I didn't see a Jaguar,
Just Fiat and G.M.
The occasional Mercedes,
(Tho' very few of them),

But smiles and surf and sun-tans
Which took my breath away-
When I flew down to Rio-
Flew really down to Rio!
When I flew down to Rio
Just the other day!