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ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 
SONG OF ARBOR DAY. 
S. J. i’ETTINGS. 
Jesse Hutchinson. 
1. We have come with joyful greeting, songs of gladness, voi - ces gay, Teachers, friends and happy 
2. Gen - tie winds will murmur softly, zephyrs float on noiseless wing;’Mid its boughs shall thrush and 
3. Plant we then throughout our borders, o’er our lands so fair and wide, Treasures from the leafy 
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 
s, Nourished by soft dews and showers, soon shall wave in leafy sprays. Songs 
t, In its cool, invit - ing shadow find a pleasant, safe re - treat. Songs 
Emblems of the cause we cherish,—ed-u-cation broad and free! Songs 
