THE BIRDS BEFORE UNCLE SAM 101 



PART FIRST 



INTRODUCTION 

 By the Mockingbird 

 We birds have written to Washington, 

 We have written to Uncle Sam ; 

 And he will be present 

 To hear our complaint 

 And will see that justice is done. 



In open court we complain to-day 

 Against old and young evil-doers. 

 The thoughtless boy, the gray-headed fool ; 

 The farmer, the gardener, the gunner, 

 The lady who cruelly pins us to hats, 

 They must all go where birds never sing. 



[Uncle Sam enters represented by a large boy, dressed in the usual 

 Uncle Sam costume, bows to the audience in two or three 

 directions and takes his seat behind a table or large desk. A 

 boy dressed as a soldier carries in Uncle Sam's valise, places it 

 on the floor, and takes a lower chair in some convenient place 

 near Uncle Sam. On the table are a number of real or sup- 

 posed large law books. Uncle Sam carries a big gun and a 

 sword.] 



Uncle Sam 



I have a letter from the birds, 

 Now let them come and speak. 



The Mockingbird 

 Most honorable Uncle Sam, 

 As birddom's attorneys we come. 



