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    Songs for Parents
    Songs for Parents
    Songs for Parents
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    Songs for Parents

    By John Chipman Farrar

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Songs for Parents" by John Chipman Farrar. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 16, 2022
    ISBN8596547380818
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      Songs for Parents - John Chipman Farrar

      John Chipman Farrar

      Songs for Parents

      EAN 8596547380818

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      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

      Table of Contents

      Summer Explorer

      Table of Contents

      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

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