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beats bird Blos-som blue boat Boom breeze Brightly brook-let CARL REINECKE cheer CHRISTENE WOOD BULLWINKLE Christmas clap clear cool pond DANIEL PROTHEROE dear Ding dong fair fast flag FLORENCE HOARE flow'rs Folksong gold grow H. L. HEARTZ half note Hush la la la lion lit tle LITTLE BO-PEEP little owl little rus little slower loud marking the meter mer-ri Merrily mittens moon night note values o'er oral dictation Phrases pitch play pupils purr rain retard ring ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON scale successions scale tones shine sing the exercises sleep smil snow soft softer softly SONG Spring stars Studies in Meter sun-shine sweet syllables Teacher sings Tell thee Thro ti la sol tle children Tone Study tree trot W. A. HODGDON WALTER H wind नॅ नै ᎠᏎ
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Page 31 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them, Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 107 - And all the bells on earth shall ring, On Christmas day in the morning. And all the angels in Heaven shall sing, On Christmas day, on Christmas day; And all the angels in Heaven shall sing, On Christmas day in the morning.
Page 56 - The Wind I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all O...
Page 43 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after. Up Jack got and home did trot As fast as he could caper, And went to bed to mend his head With vinegar and brown paper.
Page 27 - In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?
Page 5 - I met a little Elf-man, once, Down where the lilies blow. I asked him why he was so small, And why he didn't grow. He slightly frowned, and with his eye He looked me through and through. "I'm quite as big for me," said he, "As you are big for you.
Page 125 - tis of thee, Sweet land of coun - try, thee — Land of the swell the breeze, And ring from God, to Thee, Au - thor of...
Page 56 - I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song...
Page 111 - LITTLE Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And doesn't know where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, Bringing their tails behind them.