Mimi Ezust wrote:

>There's a song in the air,
>but the fair senorita doesn't seem to care
>for the song in the air
>So I'll sing to the mule
>If your sure she won't think that I'm a silly fool
>Serenading a mule.

So if he's serenading a mule, why is it the "Donkey Serenade"?

I guess it would lose something if called "Mule Serenade" (although
remember the song "Mule Train"?)

How successful would Tchaikowsky's ballet have been if he'd called it "Duck
Pond"?

wm