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ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 



SONG OF ARBOR DAY. 



S. J. 1'ETTINGS. 

 JESSE HUTCHINSON. 





. We have come with joyful greeting, songs of gladness, voi - ces gay, Teachers, friends and happy 

 . Gen - tie winds will murmur softly, zephyrs float on noiseless wing; 'Mid its boughs shall thrush and 

 . Plant we then throughout our borders, o'er our lands so fair and wide, Treasures from the leafy 



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children, all to welcome Arbor day. Here we plant the tree, whose branches warmed by breath of summer 

 robin build their nests and sweetly sing. ' Neath its shelt'ring arms shall childhood, weary of the noontide 

 for - est, vale and hill and mountain side. Rooted deep, oh, let them flourish ! sturdy giants may they 



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days, Nourished by soft dews and showers, soon shall wave in leafy sprays. Songs of gladness 



heat, In its cool, invit - ing shadow find a pleasant, safe re - treat. Songs of gladness 



be ! Emblems of the cause we cherish, ed-u-cation broad and free ! Songs of gladness 



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sing we gai - ly, Thus we wel - come Arbor Day. And as year by year we gather, glad to 



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put our tasks a - way, May the spring-time ever shower blessings on each Ar - bor Day ! 



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From " Franklin Square Song Collection. No. 3." 



By Courteiy of Messrs. Harptr 4 Brothers. 



