A prankish Monkey,
A Mare,
A bow-legged Bear 
And a Donkey
Teamed up for playing a Quartet by Mozart.
They got the score, a cello, a viola and two violins
And sat together on a lawn by all means 
To captivate the world with their art.
They hacked with their bows but music didn"t start.
"Stop, fellas, stop!" The Monkey cried, "Wait!"
Because you sit all wrong the music can"t be played!
You with your cello, Bear, sit across the second fiddle,
I am the prima, must be in the middle;
Then music will arise at once:
The forest and the hills will dance!"              
Thus having sat, they started the Quartet  
But Mozart all the same was dead.   
"Wait! I have discovered the know-how,"
The Donkey said,
"In order to play well we must sit in a row!" 
They sat appropriately as they had been told
But still the Quartet was in no less discord 
Here they started having more heated conversations
And altercations
About who should take what place an why.
Attracted to their racket, a Nightingale came by. 
They all addressed to him so as to solve their doubt.
"Please, be so kind," They said, "To help us out:
We have the score, and instruments we have,
How we should sit just tell us from above!" 
"In order to play music first you must be skilled,"
The Nightingale revealed,
"But you, my friends, take all you like positions,
Will never be musicians."