ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 
T. 16 
THE DANDELION. 
A RECITATION accompanied with music for nine little girls, four girls each 
to recite a long paragraph, the short paragraphs to be recited in concert 
by the other five girls. 
All enter and sing first stanza of Gay Little Dandelion, from “The Vineyard 
of -Song.” 
First Girl recites: 
There's a dandy little fellow, 
Who dresses all in yellow,— 
In yellow with an overcoat of green ; 
With his hair all crisp and curly, 
In the spring-time bright and early, 
Tripping o'er the meadow he is seen. 
Second Girl: 
Through all the bright June weather. 
Like a jolly little tramp, 
He wanders o’er the hillside, down the road; 
Around his yellow feather 
The gypsy fire-flies camp ; 
His companions are the woodlark and the toad. 
Five Girls recite in concert: 
Spick and spandy, little dandy; 
Golden dancer in the dell! 
Green and yellow, happy fellow, 
All the children love him well. 
(All sing second stanza of Gay Little Dandelion.) 
Third Girl: 
But at last this little fellow, 
Doffs his dandy coat of yellow, 
And very feebly totters o’er the green; 
For he very old is growing, 
And with hair all white and flowing, 
Nodding in the sunlight he is seen. 
Fourth Girl: 
The little winds of morning, 
Come flying through the grass, 
And clap their hands around him in their glee; 
They shake him without warning — 
His wig falls off, alas ! 
A little bald-head dandy now is he. 
Five Girls recite in concert : 
O poor dandy ! once so spandy, 
Golden dancer on the lea ! 1 
Older growing, white hair flowing, 
Bald-head dandy now is he. 
(All sing third stanza of Gay Little Dandelion.) 
