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The Raindrops Song
Lyrics (Laura Ormiston Chant, publ. 1905) Hark! How the little raindropsPitter patter down the panePitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter goes the rain. (Student:)Oh you tiresome little rain drops,How I wish you’d go away!You will keep me in the school ...
Lullaby (Hush-a-by Baby)
Lyrics (Scottish folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton, publ. 1921) Hush-a-by baby, the night winds are sighing,Go to sleep, go to sleep, crickets are crying;Sleep till the dew on the grasses is winking,Sleep till the morning sun wakens you blinking. ...
When Father Papered The Parlour
Lyrics (R.P. Weston & Fred J. Barnes, 1911) 1. Our parlour wanted papering, and Pa says it’s a wasteTo call the paperhangers in, and so he made some paste.He got some rolls of paper, got a ladder, and a brushAnd ...
Caterpillar! Caterpillar!
Lyrics (Russian folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour, 1921) 1. Caterpillar! Caterpillar! You are such a pretty sight.Caterpillar! Caterpillar! Blue and yellow, black and white.Take care what you do, Robins are a-hunting you.Take care what you do, Sparrows are ...
Buttercups and Daisies
Lyrics (Melody composer unknown, publ. 1921, Lyrics by Mary Howitt, 1799-1888) Buttercups and daisies, oh the pretty flowers,Coming ere the springtime to tell of sunny hours!While the trees are leafless while the fields are bare,Buttercups and daisies spring up here ...
A Song of Ships
Lyrics (English folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbor, 1921) 1. The ships sail the ocean, the ocean, the ocean,Sail eastward and westward and north and south away.Great smoky steamers and tugboats with bargesSail o’er the ocean by night and ...
April Vacation (Spring Break)
Lyrics (English folk tune, Lyrics by John Erwin, 1921) Vacation time has come with the warm spring days,Sing with a Ho! All together!The fields are turning green in the sun’s warm rays,In the sweet April weather. Our papers and our ...
May Song (Spring is Coming)
Lyrics (Melody by Charles L. Minturn, 1914, Lyrics Traditional) Spring is coming, spring is coming,Birdies build your nest.Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming,Flowers are waking, too.Daisies, lilies, daffo-dilliesNow are coming through. Spring ...
I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Lyrics (Melody by Charles V. Stanford, 102, Lyrics by St. Patrick of Ireland) 1. I bind unto myself today, the strong name of the TrinityBy invocation of the same, the Three in One and One in Three. 2. I bind this day ...
Butterflies
Lyrics (French folk tune, English lyrics by Nathan Naskell Dole, publ. 1921) What pretty wings you flutter, Butterflies, butterfliesPlease take me up there with you, let me with you rise, RefrainAy pretty wings we flutter, Butterflies, butterflies,You have no wings ...