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Thy father guards the sheep, Thy mother shakes the dreamland tree. V - Come girls and boys prepare to go, For fun and frolic in the snow. Wrapped up in coats and tippets warm, Why should we fear the wint'ry storm. C - The sleigh is ready, now jump in, Nor put a stop to noisy din, The jingling sleigh bells seem to say Oh! N - This is an Obscure Children's Song.
LeRoy Anderson , w. Mitchell Parrish, V - Soldier, soldier, will you marry me, With you knapsack, fife and drum? V - A dapple grey horse, and a bright shiny gun; And a stout wooden swore, We will surely have fun.
V - Com in , you naught bird. The rain is pouring down. What will your mother do, If you sit there and drown? V - Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly. It is the prettiest parlour that ever you did spy! Remember, remember the foolish little fly. N - Based on Poem by Mary Howitt first published in V - Oh, Sunday has come again today, a nose gay in his hat, His eye is mild and cheerful,.
V - Sweet and Low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea. V - One little, two little, three little Indians, Four little, five little, six little Indians,. V - There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. V - There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink;. V - There's music in the air When the infant morn is nigh, And faint its blush is seen On the bright and laughing sky.
V - This old man, he played one, he played nick nack on my drum. C - With a nick nack paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man cam rolling home. V - Three blind mice, See how they run! They all ran after the farmer's wife;.
V - Three crows were once who sat on a stone. Fal la, la la la la, But two flew away and then there was one, Fl la, la la, la la. V - Once three little kitten they lost their mittens, And they began to cry. Oh, mammy dear, We sadly fear, Our mittens we have lost. What, lost your mittens,l You naughty kittens, Then you shall have no pie. V - There were three little kittens Put on their mittens To eat some Christmas pie. V - To bed, to bed, says Sleepy Head; let's stay a while says Slow.
V - To market, to market, to buy a fat pig; Home again, home again, jiggety jig. V - Tom, Tom, the piper's son, stole a pig, and away he run! The pig was eat, And Tom was beat, Which sent him howling down the street. V - Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, Try try again.
V - Twinkle, twinkle, little star; How I wonder what you are. V - What is home without a mother? What are all the joys we meet. When her loving smile no longer Greets the coming of our feet!
V - When I was a lady, a lady, and when I was a lady, a lady was I. V - Where are you going to my pretty maid? V - Where the wild rose sweetly doth blow, There must I go, Where the birdlings sing soft and low. V - Work for the night is coming, Work through the morning hours,. V - Yankee Doodle came to town, Upon a little pony, He stuck a feather in his cap, And called it macaroni.
C - Yankee Doodle, doodle do, Yankee Doodle dandy; All the lassies are so smart and sweet as sugar candy. And there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty puddin'. C - Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doddle dandy, Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy. V - Tell me, my children, and pray answer right. Are hands made to work with or only to fight? V - As a little child relies On a care beyond its own, Knows beneath it father's eyes, It is never left alone.
V - Oh, little bird upon the tree, What will you sing today? Now spring has gone and summer gone, And swallows flown away. V - Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young. Who loved thee so fondly. V - The evening is coming, The sun sinks to rest, The crows are all flying straight home to the nest. V - Billy Pringle Had a little pig. When it was young it was not very big. V - Birds in the night that softly call, Winds in the night that strangely sigh.
V - Bloom my tiny violet by the water mill, Yet a short while longer, Thou'lt be fairer still. V - Sweet bird, thy early note is gay, In woodland or in glade. V - On, we are floating in sunshine and shadow, Soft are the ripples that sing as we go. V - A little boy went out to shoot one day, And carried his arrows and bow.
For guns are dangerous. C - Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo. V - Brother so fine, brother so gay, Come do not be angry I pray. V - Found in the garden, dead in his beauty, Ah! That a robin should die in the spring! V - Buttercups and daisies, Oh the pretty flowers. Coming ere the springtime To tell of sunny hours! V - Come little folks hasten, I beg of you all.
To the grasshopper's feast and the butterfly's ball. V - From Deutschland I come with my light ware all laden, to the land where the blessing of freedom doth bloom;.
V - Baby bye, here's a fly, We will watch him you and I. How he crawls up the walls, Yet he never falls! V - Sixty seconds make a minute, Something sure you can learn in it; Sixty minutes make an hour. V - Carol, children, carol, carol joyfully. Carol the good tidings, O carol merrily. V - Hey hammer, Ho hammer, hear the steady blow. V - Over the water and over the lea, And over the water to Charley;. V - Cherries ripe, cherries ripe, who will buy my cherries ripe?
Berries red. V - Little star that shines so bright, Come and peep at me tonight. V - When the moon is beaming, I'er the waters gleaming, Little ones are dreaming,. V - Let children that would fear the Lord, Hear what their teacher say; With rev'rence hear their parent's words, And with delight obey. V - In ev'ry land an angel, Goes watching ev'ry where.
No one of us may see him and yet we know he's there. V - And when his salvation bringing, To Zion on Jesus came. V - Chime again, chime again, beautiful bells. Now thy soft melody floats on the wind. V - Snail, snail, come out and be fed, Put out your horns and then your head. V - Kind Christmas comes but once a year, Ring merrily, bells, ding dong! And with it brings right hearty cheer, Ring merrily bells, ding dong!
V - What bells are those, so soft and clear, That fall melodious on my ear? V - Ev'ry yeat there comes to us the dear Christchild, Once to earth again With way so meek and mild. V - Voices of the belfry height, pealing forth your merry chimes, Sound upon the winter nights, Melodies of Christmas time.
V - Come back sweet May, And bid the flowers bloom. The birds sing on the spray. V - Come, lasses and lads, get leave of your dads, And away to the Maypole hie, For every fair has a sweetheart there, And the fiddler's standing by. Come Lassies and Lads. V - Comrades, comrades, ever since we were boys, Sharing each other's sorrows. V - Thank you pretty cow, that made the pleasant milk to soak my bread. V - Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed.
V - Cuckoo! Pretty bird say; Cuckoo! Prithee, so gay? V - Curly locks! Wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine;. V - Take my head on your shoulder, Daddy.
Turn your face to the west. It is just the hour when the sky turns gold. V - I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring, in the meadows I am found, Peeping just above the ground. V - Dance a baby diddy! What can mammy do wid'e? Sit in her lap, Give it some pap,. V - The fairies are dancing, how nimbly they bound, They flit o'er the grass top, they touch not the ground.
V - Brother come and dance with mel Both my hand I'm offering thee,. V - Evening shades are falling; Time to go to rest, Stars are softly calling Darling to her rest;. V - Who kill's Cock Robin?
V - Why do you scratch me Pussy, You naughty little thing? Unless you stop Miss Pussy, Another tune you'll sing! V - Dolly, you're a naughty girl, All you hair is out of curl.
V - All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice C - Praise God from who all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. V - When the toys are growing weary and the twilight gathers in, When the nurs'ry still re-echoes to the children's merry din. V - Eight little birds within one nest Were tended thro' the early spring.
V - Glory to Thee, my God, this night. For all the blessings of the Light. V - As I lay me, weary down to rest. And I close my tired eyes. Father guard me in my bed, 'til morning sun doth rise. V - Let us laugh and let us sing, Dancing in a merry ring; We'll be fairies on the green, Playing round the fairy queen.
V - A ship, a ship a sailing, a sailing on the sea, And it was deeply laden, With pretty things for me. V - I had a faithful comrade, cone better you'd ne'er fin. Search Sing Books with Emily Search for:. Follow Following.
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