. Home songs for little people . v ^ *mm- BIRDg PICNIC. THE birds gave, a picnic,the morning was fine, They all came in coup-les to chat and todine; Miss Robin, Miss Wren,and the two Misses Were dressed in a man-ner decidedly gay. And bluebird, who lookslike a handful of sky, Dropped in with herspouse as the morn-ing wore by ; The yellowbirds, too,wee bundles of sun, With the brave chicka-dees came along tothe fun. ft VI i ^.j ._ ^* ^ \v\\v-- xv f*3Sf^V£.. * - .. HOME SONGS. 95 Miss Pliebe was there, in her prim suit ofbrown, In fact, all the birds in the fair leafy town. The neighbors, of cou
. Home songs for little people . v ^ *mm- BIRDg PICNIC. THE birds gave, a picnic,the morning was fine, They all came in coup-les to chat and todine; Miss Robin, Miss Wren,and the two Misses Were dressed in a man-ner decidedly gay. And bluebird, who lookslike a handful of sky, Dropped in with herspouse as the morn-ing wore by ; The yellowbirds, too,wee bundles of sun, With the brave chicka-dees came along tothe fun. ft VI i ^.j ._ ^* ^ \v\\v-- xv f*3Sf^V£.. * - .. HOME SONGS. 95 Miss Pliebe was there, in her prim suit ofbrown, In fact, all the birds in the fair leafy town. The neighbors, of course, were politely invi-ted, Not even the ants and the crickets wereslighted. The grasshoppers came, some in gray, somein green, And covered with dust, hardly fit to be seen. Miss Miller flew in with her gown white asmilk, And Lady Bug flourished a new crimson silk. The bees turned out lively, the young and the old,And proud as could be, in their spencers of gold, But Miss Caterpillar, how funny of her,She hurried along in her mantle of were big bugs in. plenty, and gnats great and small, A very hard matter to mention them what did they do ? Why they sported and sang,Till all the green wood with their inelody rang. 9G HOME SONGS. Who eer gave a picnic so grand and so gay?They had nt a shower, I m happy to say;And when the sun fell, like a cherry, ripe red,The fireflies lighted them all home to bed.
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