You've heard of pfifers and fiddlers, and poems relating to them, but what about a taburasac. Yes the Croatian tamburica(Tahm-Boo-Ree-Tza) is an interesting instrument, of the string family. The common kind is a small guitar (kind of like a ukelele, only more lute-ish) with a high-pitched noise, and it's this popular Croatian folk instrument that I wrote a poem about:
The Tamburasac*
There was a Tamburasac,
Him I knew quite well,
And every time I met with him
I was forced into a dance:
'Cuz he'd take his tamburica
And pluck the strings with vigour,
And no sooner had he done so
That I'd dance myself a fever
My mind would be arace,
My heart would be apace,
My feet would be all sore:
Yet my face a smile bore!
This went on for hours,
Or for days for all I cared,
But until his fingers stopped,
My body wasn't spared!
*(Note-Tamburasac is pronounced: Tahm-Boo-Rash-Atz)
