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First Verse.
Children form ring; the centre of which in turn is the lawn, orchard, garden and meadow. The robin Hits gaily about the lawn, pretending to pick up a worm here and there.
Second Verse.
In the orchard stands a row of trees represented by the children swaying their arms to and fro to represent boughs. One child with fingers interlaced represents the bluebird's nest. The bluebird Hies merrily about the orchard, stopping now and then to call to its mate supposed to be sitting on the nest in tree.
Third Verse.
The orchard is now the garden, and the trees have become the garden wall, anu the tree with nest a tall bush, the child still forming nest with its hands. The sparrow hops about the garden, picking up crumbs here and there while singing its cheery call of "chip, chip."
Fourth Verse.
The garden is now the meadow where a child sits upon the ground representing nest with hands; the lark Hies about as if looking for nest hidden in the grass, while singing its spring song.
The Morning Call from the Barnyard.
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Characters and objects represented. The farmer, clock, robin, cock, swallows, pigeons, and the cattle, as the horse, cow, hen. and sheep.
First Verse.
Farmer Gray lies at one end of ring asleep. Not far from him is the clock, who as the song begins strikes or counts four, while slowly swinging right arm to and fro like the pendulum of a clock. As the clock strikes the farmer awakens, yawns, and then jumps out of bed. lie then goes through the movements of dressing and getting ready to go to the barn by taking the key from its peg on the wall. While he is dressing the robin in another earner of the room keeps
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