Uncle Charles.
Garden tools
Come, hoe and shovel and rake,From your winter nap awake!The spring has come;There's work to be done:The birds are calling,And off I must runMy little garden to make.You have lain in the attic so long,Perhaps you forget you belongIn the sunshine and air full half of the year;And to leave you to mice and to cobwebs up hereAny longer would surely be wrong.Come out of the darkness to light,Where the sunbeams are glittering bright,And the green grass is growing;For I must be hoeing,And digging the earth, and my seeds be a-sowing,And finish it all before night.Oh, how I hurried and dressed!For the robin was building his nest,And he cried, "Fie! For shame!What is the boy's name,Who sleeps in the morning? He's surely to blameFor not working here with the rest."Come then, rake, shovel, and hoe,With a run and a jump, here we go!Soon so busy we'll be,That the robins shall see,For all their fine words, they're no smarter than we,As off to the garden we go!
Auntie Frank.
Boy with tools
WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?
Words byTennyson.
Music
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1. What does little birdie sayIn her nest at peep of day?Let me fly says little birdie,Mother let me fly away.Birdie wait a little longerTill the little wings are stronger.So she rests a little longer,Then she flies away.2. What does little baby sayIn her bed at peep of day?Baby says like little birdie.Let me rise and fly away.Baby sleep a little longerTill the little limbs are stronger.If she sleeps a little longer,She shall fly away.
Transcriber's NotesThe July edition of the Nursery had a table of contents for the next six issues of the year. This table was divided to cover each specific issue. The issue number added after the Volume number on the title page.On the midi, second to last bar, bass staff, last chord, B-natural changed to B-flat.
The July edition of the Nursery had a table of contents for the next six issues of the year. This table was divided to cover each specific issue. The issue number added after the Volume number on the title page.
On the midi, second to last bar, bass staff, last chord, B-natural changed to B-flat.