Foot Play

Does anyone know a poem about musicians tapping their foot in time as they play?

There is a short poem making gentle fun of a group of musicians – a quartet perhaps – playing together. Suddenly one player spots another player’s foot tapping wildly to the beat and quite out of sync. The poem reflects the original player’s horror as he doubts the pulse he’s beating to, and almost creates musical havoc between the group of players. The poem’s just so true to life, and very funny. It might possibly be called ”The Foot”

Until I saw your foot

I thought this music was in four,
Until I saw your foot.
But now I think it must be three,
Or maybe five, I can’t quite see.
Or six? Or maybe not.

I thought this piece was rather slow,
Until I saw your foot.
But now I think it’s double speed -
Sometimes it’s very fast indeed.
And other times it’s not.

I thought conductors gave the beat,
Until I saw your foot.
But now I think it rather neat,
To look at all the tapping feet,
And choose the speed that I prefer,
And play along with him – or her.
I find it helps a lot.

I thought my timing was all wrong,
Until I saw your foot.
Conductors beat both east and west,
But we don’t play with all the rest:
We’ve found a tempo of our own,
And bar by bar, our love has grown.
O I was feeling so alone,
Until I saw your foot.

Cherokee and Kennedy foot play

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