WOOD PEWEE. 
. Thesethree notes 
Fra Diavolo. exactly form the 
Wood Pewee sony. 
He does not fancy this juggling with so good a motive, 
he takes it more seriously, and sings with feeling: 
There is an ineffable grace, almost a religious solemnity 
to the little melody when it is sung that way! Mr. 
Henry Oldes calls attention to this character of the 
Wood Pewee’s song, and so do many well-known writ- 
ers; but Mr. Cheney does best of all, for he makes a 
hymn of the plaintive call, which I have taken the lib- 
erty of harmonizing, thus: 
‘This is the Pe-e-r" This swingingnote 
is often sungalone 
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2 Largo. 
Then Mr. Cheney significantly adds: ‘‘ You see how 
much there is in that little, and how much of interest 
can be said that has never been said.” A propos of the 
serious nature of the song, Dr. Elliot Cowes writes: 
‘* Wherever it may fix its home, whether in the seclusion 
of sylvan retreats or in the vicinity of man’s abode, its 
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