ARBOR DA Y MAX UAL. 



389 



IF EVER I SEE. 



CHILDHOOD SONGS. 



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1. If ev - er I see, On bush or tree, Young birds in a pret - ty nest, 



2. My moth-er, I know, Would sor - row so, Should .1 be sto - len a - way : 



3. And when they can fly, In the bright blue sky They'll war- ble a song to me; 





I must not, in my play, Steal the birds a - way, To grieve their moth-ers breast. 

 So I'll speak to the birds In my soft - est words, Nor hurt them in my play. 

 And then if I'm sad, It will make me so glad, To think they are hap -py and free. 



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From " Franklin Square Song Collection. x - .4 



By Coorta; cf Me^n. Harper & BroUwn. 



Allegretto. 



A SPRING SONG. 



Sopr. 



ENGLISH. 



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From "The Coda, Xo. 82, Ginn & Co., Boston. 4 pages; price t cent By permission. Copyright, 1887. 



