Answer:
This thing runs but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks. Lacks arms, has handsΝΎ lacks a head but has a face.
Twigs and spheres and poles and plates. Join and bind to reason make.
The eight of us move forth and back. To protect our king from the foes attack.
What is neither inside the house nor outside the house but a necessity for any home?
Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.