THE BIRDS BEFORE UNCLE SAM 107 



They tell of your fun and sport, 

 They tell of the robin's death. 



Uncle Sam 



If you have such mean boys with you 

 I would like to run them in. 

 I will put them in a dark room, 

 Where they'll ne'er see sun or moon. 



In a fort on some far island 

 I'll build cellars dark and damp. 

 They'll be full of salamanders, 

 Full of mice and rats and snakes, 

 Crawling lizards, cold and clammy, 

 With the yellow, blotchy spots. 

 That's my place for girls and women 

 Who wear murdered birds on hats. 

 [At this place, some music or a song should come in.] 



PART SECOND 



The Brown Thrasher 

 [Introducing some of the birds.] 

 A few of the birds are waiting ; 

 They wish to call on the boys, 

 They wish to call on the ladies and girls, 

 And desire much to see Uncle Sam. 



A Boy 



Let the birds be welcome ! 

 They are welcome in our homes, 



