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    Songs for Parents
    Songs for Parents
    Songs for Parents
    Ebook76 pages22 minutes

    Songs for Parents

    By John Chipman Farrar

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateFeb 1, 2007
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      Goofy little poems written from the perspective of children. A WWI-era version of the "Family Circus" in verse.

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    Songs for Parents - John Chipman Farrar

    The Project Gutenberg EBook of Songs for Parents, by John Farrar

    This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

    almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or

    re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

    with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

    Title: Songs for Parents

    Author: John Farrar

    Release Date: November 7, 2008 [EBook #1664]

    Last Updated: January 26, 2013

    Language: English

    *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS FOR PARENTS ***

    Produced by Stewart A. Levin, Curtis Farrar, and David Widger

    SONGS FOR PARENTS

    By John Farrar

    Dedication

                   Here's a rhyme for Barbara,

                      Laughing white and pink,

                   Here's a rhyme for smiling Ted,

                      And one for Wink.

                   Now Dick's not much at reading rhymes,

                      He'd rather sit and fish.

                   Well here's a couple of verses, Dick,

                      Read them if you wish!

    CONTENTS

    Dedication

    SONGS OF DESIRE

    Summer Explorer

    Spring Wish

    Ambition

    Dreams

    Water-Lily

    Humor

    Independence

    SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS

    A Comparison

    Speculation

    Parade

    Flower Preferences

    Parental Advice

    Song for a Child Watching Clouds

    Problem

    Garden Musings

    My Garden

    Tracks

    Chanticleer

    Rainbow

    Windmill

    Cat-Fish

    Visiting

    Castles

    Parenthood

    SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE

    Moral Song

    Serious Omission

    Choice

    Natural Fireworks

    Conspiracy

    Cuckoo Clock

    The Sentinel

    Royalty

    Crackers

    The Drum

    Theatricals

    Sally

    SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE

    Bundles

    The Candy Santa Claus

    The Tinsel Star

    The Ambitious Mouse

    Prayer

    About the author:

    SONGS OF DESIRE

    Summer Explorer

         I'd like to be a gypsy

         With gold rings in my ears,

         Along the road to sit and sing,

         And not do another thing

         For years and years;

         A road to dream upon by day,

         A fire for dreams at night,

         Free to wander far away,

         Free to shout and free to play,

         Quite impolite.

         I'd pitch my tent beside a wall,

         All apple trees within,

         And if the apples didn't fall,

         I wouldn't hesitate at all.

         I'd climb—and sin!

         But if the weather wasn't fine,

         If all

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