The Merry Sunflower.With a little ingenuity and with six musical voices this piece may be made a very pleasing and attractive feature in an evening’s entertainment. Procure a piece of sheeting at least six feet in length by five in width. Fasten the lower lengthwise edge to the floor of the stage, and the upper edge, by means of cords or other fastenings, to the ceiling. Cut three holes about the height of a person’s face in standing and of the shape and size of the face, and three others at kneeling height; then around these holes paint or paste on paper to represent the petals of immense sunflowers, with stalks attached. The singer’s faces occupy the holes, and the words are sung to the air of “The Little Brown Jug.”1ST VOICE.Oh, I’m a namesake of the Sun,Prized and loved by every one.2D VOICE.Quite tall and stately here am I,Oscar Wilde for me would sigh.Chorus.Oh, proud the rose and pink may be,Still they’re naught compared with me;We look down on all the rest,Thus of flowers we are the best.3D VOICE.Yes, you’re a beauty, so am I,Sitting on my throne so high!4TH VOICE.Rich black and yellow, gold and brown,Who’s not heard of my renown?Chorus.5TH VOICE.Mister Sol he flirts with me,Tries his best my face to see!6TH VOICE.Here list’ning to the warbler’s songRock I all the summer long.Chorus.
With a little ingenuity and with six musical voices this piece may be made a very pleasing and attractive feature in an evening’s entertainment. Procure a piece of sheeting at least six feet in length by five in width. Fasten the lower lengthwise edge to the floor of the stage, and the upper edge, by means of cords or other fastenings, to the ceiling. Cut three holes about the height of a person’s face in standing and of the shape and size of the face, and three others at kneeling height; then around these holes paint or paste on paper to represent the petals of immense sunflowers, with stalks attached. The singer’s faces occupy the holes, and the words are sung to the air of “The Little Brown Jug.”
1ST VOICE.Oh, I’m a namesake of the Sun,Prized and loved by every one.2D VOICE.Quite tall and stately here am I,Oscar Wilde for me would sigh.Chorus.Oh, proud the rose and pink may be,Still they’re naught compared with me;We look down on all the rest,Thus of flowers we are the best.3D VOICE.Yes, you’re a beauty, so am I,Sitting on my throne so high!4TH VOICE.Rich black and yellow, gold and brown,Who’s not heard of my renown?Chorus.5TH VOICE.Mister Sol he flirts with me,Tries his best my face to see!6TH VOICE.Here list’ning to the warbler’s songRock I all the summer long.Chorus.
1ST VOICE.Oh, I’m a namesake of the Sun,Prized and loved by every one.2D VOICE.Quite tall and stately here am I,Oscar Wilde for me would sigh.Chorus.Oh, proud the rose and pink may be,Still they’re naught compared with me;We look down on all the rest,Thus of flowers we are the best.3D VOICE.Yes, you’re a beauty, so am I,Sitting on my throne so high!4TH VOICE.Rich black and yellow, gold and brown,Who’s not heard of my renown?Chorus.5TH VOICE.Mister Sol he flirts with me,Tries his best my face to see!6TH VOICE.Here list’ning to the warbler’s songRock I all the summer long.Chorus.
1ST VOICE.
Oh, I’m a namesake of the Sun,
Prized and loved by every one.
2D VOICE.
Quite tall and stately here am I,
Oscar Wilde for me would sigh.
Chorus.
Oh, proud the rose and pink may be,
Still they’re naught compared with me;
We look down on all the rest,
Thus of flowers we are the best.
3D VOICE.
Yes, you’re a beauty, so am I,
Sitting on my throne so high!
4TH VOICE.
Rich black and yellow, gold and brown,
Who’s not heard of my renown?
Chorus.
5TH VOICE.
Mister Sol he flirts with me,
Tries his best my face to see!
6TH VOICE.
Here list’ning to the warbler’s song
Rock I all the summer long.
Chorus.