1969
The Dinosaur
Composed by 
Simon Sargon
Simon Sargon Text by Samuel Hoffenstein
Take Five Song Collection
"The Dinosaur" is the second song of Simon Sargon's song cycle Take Five, which sets the poetry of Sam Hoffenstein.
Text
The Dinosaur
by Samuel Hoffenstein
The dinosaur and icthyosaur
Are not among the things that are,
Though once the beasts were features.
Oh, how sad it is to contemplate
How nature can eliminate
Unnecessary creatures!
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