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Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocdile. McGurk plays "Dixie."
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Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din."
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It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie."
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*[[Welcoming Horn]]
 
*[[Drum-Tummied Snumm]]
 
*[[Drum-Tummied Snumm]]
 
*[[Harp-Twanging Snarp]]
 
*[[Harp-Twanging Snarp]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/Drum-Tummied_Snum
 
*http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/Drum-Tummied_Snum
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20181010133522/http://jessecampbellbrown.com/wordpress/sneelocks-lament-for-a-dr-suess-exhibition/
  
 
[[Category:1956]]
 
[[Category:1956]]
 
[[Category:Dr. Seuss]]
 
[[Category:Dr. Seuss]]
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[[Category:Picture books]]
 
[[Category:Fictional instruments]]
 
[[Category:Fictional instruments]]

Latest revision as of 08:27, 12 April 2019

Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book If I Ran the Circus. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din."

It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie."

See also

External Links