In memory of the Old Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner, where people used to watch and listen to the array of bird song at a local pet shop.

When the birds at the pet shop sang cheerful melodies
An idea sprouted to boost sale of the kopitiam's kopi.

Beside the kopitiam, hooks were hang
While bird lovers sipped kopi
Their pets sang to their hearts content
What a symphony under the Angsana tree!

When the songs were contested
Bird lovers came, from far as overseas
The famous Tiong Bahru Bird Corner
All visitors must see!

Came 2003
The last song was sang
The last bird cage unhang
The kopitiam shutter rolled to its end
The Angsana tree wept, its heart sank

Silence