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Title: Child Songs of Cheer

Author: Evaleen Stein

Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis

Release Date: September 27, 2006 [EBook #19389]

Language: English

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[Illustration: DANDELIONS]

Dandelions, dandelions, shining through the dew,
Let the Kings have Cloth of Gold, but let _us_ have _you_!

CHILD SONGS OF CHEER

BY

EVALEEN STEIN

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ANTOINETTE INGLIS

BOSTON

LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, August, 1918

COPYRIGHT, 1918,
BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

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_Dear Children, all the little words
These printed pages through,
They are a flock of little birds
I bring to sing to you.

Sometimes they sing of foolish things,
And other times they try
To tell their gladness when their wings
Soar up to seek the sky.

So, Sweethearts, do but kindly hark!
If but a sparrow throng,
Or if among them there's a lark,
To you their songs belong!_

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Contents

Up, Little Ones!

Dandelions

Our Puppies

The Lost Balloon

The Circus Procession

May-Baskets

The Picture-Book Giant

Did You Ever?

Decoration Day

Chu-Chu Cars

Fairy Rings

The Firefly

A Rain Song

Fairies

The Little Fir-Trees

The Wren-House

The Baby's Ride

An Indian Raid

The First Sleigh-Ride

Sleepy Time

When Bettie and Anne Went Walking

The Bluebird

The Organ-Grinder

The New Moon

Showery Time

Easter Day

The Sandman

Dandelion Curls