Shostakovich was a Russian,
a piano player, too;
he played his piano loudly
from Timbukone to Timbuktu.
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He wrote a lot of tunes,
played a lot of notes,
using all the black and white keys,
whilst thinking up rude quotes.
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He still gets played at concerts,
his music lingers on;
his symphonies are quite the best,
for this fool to dwell upon.
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Shostakovich was a pianist,
and a Russian by the way,
he wrote a lot of tunes
but he never wrote a play.