WHY, WHY, WHITE NOSE, WHY?

By Marian McConnell

1. Once the caves were filled with bats

Pips, and grays and browns

At dusk they’d swirl up in the sky

Like smoke from underground

2. A fungus is running wild

In bats from North to South

We must find a way to help

Before it wipes them out

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Here’s to all the white nosed bats who died before their time

Little ghosts with leather wings

Why, why, white nose, why? Why, why, white nose, why?

3. Like canaries in a mine

Or the honeybees’ demise

We must find a way to help

Before it wipes them out

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4. We can help the bats survive

Decontaminate

Clean our gear, respect closed caves

Learn, and educate

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