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ARBOR DA Y MANUAL: 



NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM, 1889. 



(Original.) 



ARBOR DAY MARCH. 



NOTE. Children singing this selection could be provided with small flags to be waved during the singing 



of th'e words " Hurrah." 



[Air "MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.''] 



Celebrate the Arbor Day Flow'rs are blooming all around 

 With march and song and cheer, Are blooming on this day. 



For the season comes to us And the trees with verdure clad, 

 But once in ev'ry year ; Welcome the month of May, 



Should we not remember it Making earth a garden fair 

 And make the mem'ry dear To hail the Arbor Day. 



Memories sweet for this May day ? Clothing all Nature with gladness. 



CHORUS Hurrah ! hurrah ! the Arbor Day is here , 

 Hurrah! hurrah! it gladdens ev'ry year ; 

 So we plant a young tree on this blithesome Arbor Day 

 While we are singing for gladness. 



ELLEN BEAUCHAMP, Baldwinsville, N. Y. 



(Original 



CHILDREN'S PRAISE SONG. 



[Air IVebb. "THE MORNING LIGHT is BREAKING," ETC.] 



Thus came the welcome favor, 



From the Creator's hand, 

 Dispensing life and beauty, 



With joy to every land; 

 The earth received the blessing, 



And, grateful to her King, 

 Doth, each recurring season. 



Rich tribute to Him bring. 



Then, let us now, most grateful, 



To the Creator raise 

 Our hearts in adoration, 



In joyful words of praise; 

 For thus, may all creation, 



In worship so divine, 

 Unite in pure devotion, 



At Nature's holy shrine. 



In grateful imitation, 



Of the Creator's hand, 

 Let us extend the blessing 



In this, our favored land; 

 On Arbor Day be willing 



To multiply the gift, 

 While gentle rains distilling, 



Shall cause abundant thrift. 



Thus, through the lapse of ages, 



The blessing shall extend, 

 And earth's most beauteous pages 



Grow brighter to the end; 

 While we with songs of gladness, 



Shall ever grateful raise, 

 To the all-wise Creator, 



Our heartfelt words of praise. 



W. B. DOWNER, Cazenovia, N. V. 



(Original.) 



PLANTING THE TREE. 



[Music "FLAG OF THE FREE, 

 Gather we here to plant the fair tree ; 

 Gladsome the hour, joyous and free, 

 Greeting to thee, fairest of May ! 

 Breathe sweet the buds on our loved Arbor Day 

 Gather we now, the sapling around. 

 Singing our song let it resound : 



Happy the day ! Happy the hour ! 

 Joyous we, all of us, feel their glad power. 



Shovel and spade, trowel and hoe, 



Carefully dig up the quick yielding ground ; 

 Make we a bed, softly lay low 



" No. i, Franklin Square Collection.] 



Each little root with the earth spread around; 

 Snug as a nest, the soil round them pressed, 

 This is the home that the rootlings love best. 

 REFRAIN. 



Moisten and soften the ground, ye Spring Rains ; 



Swell ye the buds, and fill ye the veins. 



Bless the dear tree, bountiful Sun ; 



Warm thou the blood in the stem till it run ; 



Hasten the growth, let leaves have birth, 



Make it most beautiful thing of the earth. 



REFRAIN. 



DK. E. P. WATERBURY, Albany Normal School. 



