'CALIFORNIA BESIDE THE RESTLESS SEA. 



XVI. 



In dear old California, The state we all love best, 



Where grows the golden poppy, The flow'r of the Golden West; 



Where songbirds gaily singing, All nature seems in tune, 



And the fragrant orange blossoms Fill the air with sweet perfume. 



My tho'ts are ever turning, My heart is ever yearning, 



For dear old California Beside the restless sea; 



On high the snow-capped mountains, Below the valleys green ; 



No grander place in all the world More peaceful and serene. 



CHORUS : 



California, Golden State, golden sunsets, Golden Gate, 

 Land of sunshine, fruit and flowers, 

 Where we spend life's golden hours. 



Land of health and beauty fair, Home of dear old grizzly bear, 

 We are ever true to thee, 

 California, beside the restless sea. 



Methinks I see in fancy, The days of the Pioneers, 



When first they turned their footsteps Toward the land we love so dear, 



With slowly moving oxen And prairie schooners, too, 



With naught to guide them but the stars And Heaven's eternal blue. 



They came o'er snowy mountains, And o'er the burning plain, 



Where many, many dear ones By the Indians were slain ; 



They immigrated westward, Where shady palm trees grow, 



And built their little settlements, So many years ago. 



BLOSSOM BELLS. 



SUNDAY SCHOOL SERIES No. I. 



Over hill and valley ring the blossom bells, 

 On the breezes wafted how their gladness tells ; 

 Summer days have come at last their ringing tells, 

 Ring, oh ring, ye blossom bells ! 



Blossom bells, ring, oh ring! 



Join the chorus with the birds that sing; 



Let your chime sweetly tell 



Of the joy that fills each blossom bell, 



Winter's gloom now is past, 



Summertime is come with joy at last, 



Blossom bells, ring your praise 



On this happy day of days ! 



Swinging, softly swinging in the sunlit air, 

 How their cheerful music echoes everywhere; 

 Welcome is the message which to us their bear, 

 Ring, oh ring, ye blossom bells! 



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