The Lions(Marching Plays for Nursery and Kindergarten.)
Heads drooped, eyes closed, hands on knees.March forward slowly in line, diverging.March down to the end of the room, heads held high. Sing with emphasis.
Heads drooped, eyes closed, hands on knees.March forward slowly in line, diverging.March down to the end of the room, heads held high. Sing with emphasis.
Heads drooped, eyes closed, hands on knees.
March forward slowly in line, diverging.
March down to the end of the room, heads held high. Sing with emphasis.
(Teacher sings.)
The lions shun the sun!All day, asleep,Deep in the thicket’s shadeThe lions keep.
The lions shun the sun!All day, asleep,Deep in the thicket’s shadeThe lions keep.
The lions shun the sun!All day, asleep,Deep in the thicket’s shadeThe lions keep.
The lions shun the sun!
All day, asleep,
Deep in the thicket’s shade
The lions keep.
(Teacher sings.)
’Tis in the dark midnightsThe lions wake;All silent and aloneTheir way they take.
’Tis in the dark midnightsThe lions wake;All silent and aloneTheir way they take.
’Tis in the dark midnightsThe lions wake;All silent and aloneTheir way they take.
’Tis in the dark midnights
The lions wake;
All silent and alone
Their way they take.
(Teacher sings.)
Awake, at night they seekThe river-shore;
Awake, at night they seekThe river-shore;
Awake, at night they seekThe river-shore;
Awake, at night they seek
The river-shore;
(Children join in.)
And all the desert vastShakes with their roar.
And all the desert vastShakes with their roar.
And all the desert vastShakes with their roar.
And all the desert vast
Shakes with their roar.
Turn, sing, right arms lifted like imperious paws.March around the room rapidly, tossing heads, pursuing teacher, or mother, who “falls in” at the right point, keeping in advance.March around the room again. “Take the prey” by overtaking and surrounding the teacher, or mother.
Turn, sing, right arms lifted like imperious paws.March around the room rapidly, tossing heads, pursuing teacher, or mother, who “falls in” at the right point, keeping in advance.March around the room again. “Take the prey” by overtaking and surrounding the teacher, or mother.
Turn, sing, right arms lifted like imperious paws.
March around the room rapidly, tossing heads, pursuing teacher, or mother, who “falls in” at the right point, keeping in advance.
March around the room again. “Take the prey” by overtaking and surrounding the teacher, or mother.
(Children sing.)
The lions, they are kings!They make the law!Yea, every creature fearsThe lion’s paw!
The lions, they are kings!They make the law!Yea, every creature fearsThe lion’s paw!
The lions, they are kings!They make the law!Yea, every creature fearsThe lion’s paw!
The lions, they are kings!
They make the law!
Yea, every creature fears
The lion’s paw!
(Teacher sings.)
The lions never tire!With tossing maneThey bound alongThe moonlit plain.
The lions never tire!With tossing maneThey bound alongThe moonlit plain.
The lions never tire!With tossing maneThey bound alongThe moonlit plain.
The lions never tire!
With tossing mane
They bound along
The moonlit plain.
(Children sing.)
They never, never tire!They speed awayAnd follow, follow on,And take the prey!
They never, never tire!They speed awayAnd follow, follow on,And take the prey!
They never, never tire!They speed awayAnd follow, follow on,And take the prey!
They never, never tire!
They speed away
And follow, follow on,
And take the prey!
Grey Burleson.