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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 + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS FOR PARENTS *** + + + + +Produced by Stewart A. Levin, Curtis Farrar, and David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + SONGS FOR PARENTS + </h1> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h2> + By John Farrar + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Dedication + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + 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! + </pre> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <blockquote> + <p class="toc"> + <big><b>CONTENTS</b></big> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> Dedication </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> <b>SONGS OF DESIRE</b> </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#linksummer"> Summer Explorer </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> Spring Wish </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> Ambition </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> Dreams </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0006"> Water-Lily </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0007"> Humor </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0008"> Independence </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0009"> <b>SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS</b> </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0010"> A Comparison </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0011"> Speculation </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0012"> Parade </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0013"> Flower Preferences </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0014"> Parental Advice </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0015"> Song for a Child Watching Clouds </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0016"> Problem </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0017"> Garden Musings </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0018"> My Garden </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0019"> Tracks </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0020"> Chanticleer </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0021"> Rainbow </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0022"> Windmill </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0023"> Cat-Fish </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0024"> Visiting </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0025"> Castles </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0026"> Parenthood </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0027"> <b>SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE</b> </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0028"> Moral Song </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0029"> Serious Omission </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0030"> Choice </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0031"> Natural Fireworks </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0032"> Conspiracy </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0033"> Cuckoo Clock </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0034"> The Sentinel </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0035"> Royalty </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0036"> Crackers </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0037"> The Drum </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0038"> Theatricals </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0039"> Sally </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0040"> <b>SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE</b> </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0041"> Bundles </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0042"> The Candy Santa Claus </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0043"> The Tinsel Star </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0044"> The Ambitious Mouse </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0045"> Prayer </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0046"> About the author: </a> + </p> + </blockquote> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <h2> + SONGS OF DESIRE + </h2> + <p> + <a name="linksummer" id="linksummer"></a> + </p> + <h2> + Summer Explorer + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + 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 the world were rain, + If there weren't anywhere to dine + And goose-flesh quivered up my spine— + I <i>might</i> come home again! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Spring Wish + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A frog's a very happy thing, + Cool and green in early spring, + Quick and silver through the pool, + With no thought of books or school. + + Oh, I want to be a frog, + Sunning, stretching on a log, + Blinking there in splendid ease, + Swimming naked when I please, + Nosing into magic nooks, + Quiet marshes, noisy brooks. + + Free! And fit for anything! + Oh, to be a frog in spring! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Ambition + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I were a rocket + Shot high across the night, + I'd rather burst in silver stars + Than green or purple light; + + For then, perhaps, I'd fool the moon, + Although she's very wise, + And thinking me a baby star + She'd keep me in the skies. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Dreams + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I'd like to dream my own dreams, + Instead of dreaming those + The silly sandman brings along + Like moving picture shows. + + I'd like to dream of palaces, + Of magic meadowlands, + Of silver gates and golden thrones + And chanting fairy bands; + + Of seas of spraying jewels, + Of dancing crystal ships, + Of the queen of all the elves herself— + Two rubies for her lips; + + But, alas! I never dream such things, + And when I jump and wake + As an oozy ogre clutches me— + It's just a stomach ache! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Water-Lily + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I'd like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river, + Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver. + All day I'd watch the blue sky—all night I'd watch the black, + Floating in the soft waves, dreaming on my back, + And when I'd tired of dreaming, I'd call a passing fish, + "I want to find the sea!" I'd shout, "Come! You can grant my wish!" + + He'd bite me from my moorings, and softly I would slip + To the center of the river like an ocean-going ship. + The waves would laugh upon me. The wind would blow me fast, + And oh, what shores and wonders would greet me as I passed! + Yes, if I were a water-lily, I'd sail to sea in state— + A green frog for my captain—and a dragon-fly for mate! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0007" id="link2H_4_0007"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Humor + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Have you ever watched the clowns at play, + White, red and black on circus day? + They're always very, very gay. + I wonder how they stay that way! + + I'd like to be a clown, + Playing tricks around the town, + Turning somersaults and springs, + As if they were easy things, + Laughing morning, noon and night, + Being such a funny sight! + + Do you think, then, I'd grow tired of fun, + Laughing so from sun to sun? + Or, when performances are done, + Do clown-folk cry like anyone? +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0008" id="link2H_4_0008"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Independence + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I like to go out in the night + When there's neither a sound nor a light, + With my hands and feet bare, + And the wind in my hair, + Not a nurse nor a parent in sight; + + But only the night, moon and me + As I dance in the dew joyfully, + Quite daring and bold + For there's no one to scold, + Because there is no one to see. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0009" id="link2H_4_0009"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS + </h2> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0010" id="link2H_4_0010"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + A Comparison + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Apple blossoms look like snow, + They're different, though. + Snow falls softly, but it brings + Noisy things: + Sleighs and bells, forts and fights, + Cosy nights. + + But apple blossoms when they go, + White and slow, + Quiet all the orchard space, + Till the place + Hushed with falling sweetness seems + Filled with dreams. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0011" id="link2H_4_0011"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Speculation + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I wonder if God sits alone + Upon the highest mountain stone + To stir the clouds and drop the rain, + And then to pick it up again. + + I wonder if he sends the brooks + Foaming from their distant nooks, + And, sitting there in robes of gray, + Turns rivers on at break of day. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0012" id="link2H_4_0012"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Parade + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The scarlet trumpet flowers are gay + And yet they never seem to play, + They never trumpet up the dawn + Nor blow retreat across the lawn. + + But oh, to-day I heard a strain, + A happy, martial, quick refrain, + As down across the garden grass + I saw the marching flowers pass: + + Gaudy phlox and flaunting rose, + Stiff and straight and on their toes, + And, blaring from the garden wall, + The trumpet flower led them all. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0013" id="link2H_4_0013"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Flower Preferences + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I were a tiny fairy + With nothing else to do + But to wriggle into flowers + All the long day through, + + I'd dance among the roses, + I'd take a stately walk, + Balancing precisely + On an Easter-lily stalk. + + For play I'd choose the jonquils, + For swimming, poppy cups, + For jokes and tricks and tiny naps, + The Johnny-jump-ups! + + But on some quiet evening, + I'd leave my fairy band, + And on a star-flower through the sky + I'd sail to fairyland. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0014" id="link2H_4_0014"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Parental Advice + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Who laid the egg that hatched the moon? + Was it the earth, I wonder, + Was it the sun, the clouds, or rain, + Was it night or thunder? + + If I were mother to the moon + I'd spank her every day + Until she learned to stay at home + And <i>never</i> run away! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0015" id="link2H_4_0015"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Song for a Child Watching Clouds + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I've watched the clouds by day and night, + Great fleecy ones all filled with light, + Gray beasts that steal across the sky, + And little fellows slipping by. + + Sometimes they seem like sheep at play, + Sometimes when they are dull and gray + The pale sun seems a ship to me, + Sailing through a rolling sea; + + And I've seen faces in them too, + Funny white men on the blue, + They look so many different ways, + And not one single cloudlet stays; + + But on across the heavens they blow, + I often wonder where they go, + Now sometime, maybe when I die, + I, too, will wander through the sky. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0016" id="link2H_4_0016"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Problem + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I were a violet I'd think it a shame + To be always so simple and modest and tame, + To be hidden away like a hermit or nun + While the hare-brained pink roses can dance in the sun! + But consider the naughty wild ways of the rose— + There <i>must</i> be <i>respectable</i> flowers, I suppose! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0017" id="link2H_4_0017"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Garden Musings + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Why is the lily so stately and still? + Why doesn't she dance like the gay daffodil? + Why doesn't she blush like the rose or the pink, + Or, like mischievous pansy, indulge in a wink? + Do you think it's because she is holier than they, + Or did God just decide he would make her that way? +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0018" id="link2H_4_0018"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + My Garden + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + My garden was silly and stubborn; + I worked, but the weeds worked, too; + I dug and scraped and scrambled— + They hustled themselves and grew; + + Now Ted's garden's fine and cleanly, + He has lettuce and roses and peas— + Oh, most probably plants are like children— + They only behave when they please! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0019" id="link2H_4_0019"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Tracks + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I wonder where the rabbits go + Who leave their tracks across the snow; + For when I follow to their den + The tracks always start out again. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0020" id="link2H_4_0020"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Chanticleer + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + High and proud on the barnyard fence + Walks rooster in the morning. + He shakes his comb, he shakes his tail + And gives his daily warning. + + "Get up, you lazy boys and girls, + It's time you should be dressing!" + I wonder if he keeps a clock, + Or if he's only guessing. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0021" id="link2H_4_0021"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Rainbow + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The rainbow comes across the hill, + It shines upon the sky, until + It frightens all the tears from rain, + And then it hides itself again. + + Now when I'm very tired of play + I'll cross that rainbow bridge some day; + And while dear nurse and father scold, + I'll reach the end—and find the gold! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0022" id="link2H_4_0022"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Windmill + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The windmill stands up like a flower on the hill + With its petals a-whirling—they seldom stay still— + And its funny old voice creaking all the long day + As it scolds little breezes for running away. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0023" id="link2H_4_0023"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Cat-Fish + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The cat-fish with whiskers that lives in the brook, + Is an ugly old beast with the wickedest look. + I suppose there were mouse-fish one time in brook town + Till that ugly old cat-fish gulped all of them down. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0024" id="link2H_4_0024"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Visiting + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + You and I shall travel far, + We'll pass the old earth by, + We'll ride the moon and drive a star + Across the evening sky. + + We'll flash upon the milky way + To pay Dame Night a call— + But should we happen on old Day— + We'd fall and fall and fall. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0025" id="link2H_4_0025"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Castles + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I used to build me castles of moisty sand and shells, + And dream they were for princesses who wove me magic spells; + But yesterday along the beach my fairy princess came— + And she's too big for castles—now isn't that a shame! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0026" id="link2H_4_0026"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Parenthood + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The birches that dance on the top of the hill + Are so slender and young that they cannot keep still, + They bend and they nod at each whiff of a breeze, + For you see they are still just the children of trees. + + But the birches below in the valley are older, + They are calmer and straighter and taller and colder. + Perhaps when we've grown up as solemn and grave, + We, too, will have children who do not behave! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0027" id="link2H_4_0027"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE + </h2> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0028" id="link2H_4_0028"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Moral Song + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Oh, so cool + In his deep green pool + Was a frog on a log one day! + He would blink his eyes + As he snapped at flies, + For his mother was away, + <i>For his mother was away!</i> + + Now that naughty frog + Left his own home log + And started out to play. + He flipped and he flopped + And he never stopped + Till he reached the great blue bay, + <i>Till he reached the great blue bay!</i> + + Alas, with a swish + Came a mighty fish, + And swallowed him where he lay. + Now it's things like this + That never miss + Little frogs who don't obey, + <i>Little frogs who don't obey!</i> +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0029" id="link2H_4_0029"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Serious Omission + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I know that there are dragons, + St. George's, Jason's, too, + And many modern dragons + With scales of green and blue; + + But though I've been there many times + And carefully looked through, + I can't find a dragon + In the cages at the zoo! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0030" id="link2H_4_0030"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Choice + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I had just one penny + On the Fourth of July, + Oh, what a problem it would be + To think what I should buy! + + With lollypops and fire-works, + With cakes and whiz-bangs, too, + With tops and candy cigarettes, + Whatever should I do? + + Torpedoes have a splendid noise, + But noise is quickly past, + And the sweetness of a lollypop + Is something that will last. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0031" id="link2H_4_0031"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Natural Fireworks + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The fireflies in the valley + Are having their display + Among the river willows + Like little bits of day! + + Come, light your silver sparkler + And wave it in the air. + Go dance among the willows + And sprinkle sparkles there. + + Then, oh, the world will wonder + To see the willows shine, + And even the fireflies will not know + Their tiny sparks from mine. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0032" id="link2H_4_0032"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Conspiracy + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The sun has a face that is laughing and red + When nurse pulls me out in the morning from bed; + But he's not half so sly as the silly old moon, + Who winks when I'm sent to my bedroom too soon. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0033" id="link2H_4_0033"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Cuckoo Clock + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The cuckoo in the clock by day + Is usually very gay; + And that's because, with people near, + There's not a thing for him to fear; + + But when the sitting room is dim + And no one's there to welcome him— + How tremblingly he must come out + To flap his wings and look about. + + Why! Only just the other night + The cuckoo stopped the clock from fright! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0034" id="link2H_4_0034"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + The Sentinel + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I'm only a little toy dough-boy, + And I have neither sorrows nor fears; + But I patiently wait, + With my gun pointed straight + And my helmet pulled down on my ears. + + The ugly wood lions and tigers + May show their white teeth if they please, + If the whole Noah's ark + Should threaten and bark + It wouldn't unstiffen my knees. + + And some day when you are a soldier + With your helmet pulled down on your ears + I'll still be as straight + As I wonder and wait, + Standing my watch through the years. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0035" id="link2H_4_0035"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Royalty + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I should meet a king or queen + Upon the street some day, + Do you think that I'd be frightened? + Why, I'd know just what to say. + + "Your reverend majesties," I'd say, + And humbly bow the knee, + "I am your very humble swain, + And will you honor me?" + + The king would strike my shoulder + With a sword of passing might, + He'd lift me grandly to my feet, + He'd say, "Arise, O Knight!" + + Oh, I would not be frightened, + For I've seen kings galore, + Don't you think it's just to learn of them + That playing cards are for? +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0036" id="link2H_4_0036"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Crackers + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Oh, there are very many kinds + Of crackers, great and small, + Saltines and ginger-snaps and such, + I'd like to eat them all; + + But there's a kind of cracker + That I <i>need much worse,</i> + A bright red giant cracker + To set off under nurse! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0037" id="link2H_4_0037"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + The Drum + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The drum's a very quiet fellow + When he's left alone; + But oh, how he does roar and bellow, + Rattle, snap and groan, + Clatter, spatter, dash and patter, + Rumble, shriek and moan + Whene'er I take my sticks in hand + And beat him soundly for the band. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0038" id="link2H_4_0038"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Theatricals + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Now I'll play at being queen, + Hold my head quite stiff and haughty, + Always proud and never naughty, + Sweeping grandly down the green. + + Or I'll be a moonlight fairy, + Bobbing lightly on the river, + Dancing where the shadows quiver, + Winged and shining, swift and wary. + + If the doctor thinks I'm sick, + He's just silly. <i>I am not!</i> + I'm just tired and very hot, + Hating drink that's sweet and thick. + + Flowers dance across the walls, + Mother's face seems far away, + She's the audience, I'm the play, + She will clap for curtain calls. + + No!—I do not want to play! + Seven thrones around my bed, + Circling gold about my head— + Angels always fly away! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0039" id="link2H_4_0039"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Sally + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If I were a stately sailboat, + I'd sail to Zanzibar, + I'd sail the seven secret seas, + Where the secret cities are, + And some day I'd be sailing with the wind before my prow, + And all the mermaids of the sea would clamber up the bow. + They'd beckon me with laughter, + They'd beckon me with smiles, + They'd show me cakes and candies + In half a dozen styles, + They'd promise me a life of ease + Eating sweets beneath the seas, + They'd promise me a life of play— + A never ending holiday; + But I would say quite plainly, + And, oh, how stern I'd look! + Do you think that you can tempt me + While Sally is our cook? + + If I were a little fire balloon + I'd float aloft to Mars, + I'd pay a call on Venus + And chatter with the stars, + And just as I'd be fluttering across the yellow moon, + The angels would come singing a solemn Sunday tune. + They'd beckon to me gravely, + They'd tell me I could stay, + They'd show me all the jewels + That pave the milky way. + They'd promise me a golden crown + And silver robes like eider-down, + They'd give me harps with shiny strings + And wonderfully fluffy wings; + BUT—I would tell them plainly + I didn't want to die— + Till all the angel cooks had learned + How Sally makes mince pie! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0040" id="link2H_4_0040"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE + </h2> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0041" id="link2H_4_0041"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Bundles + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A bundle is a funny thing, + It always sets me wondering; + For whether it is thin or wide + You never know just what's inside. + + Especially on Christmas week, + Temptation is so great to peek! + Now wouldn't it be much more fun + If shoppers carried things undone? +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0042" id="link2H_4_0042"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + The Candy Santa Claus + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I'm very fond of candles + With their quaint coquettish way, + But alas! I wooed too often, + And now my life's to pay. + + They knew I was important + When they decked the Christmas tree, + Yes, they hung me on the tip-top + For all the world to see. + + But, alas! A lady candle + Has come with me to the top, + And I'm melting with affection, + I'm dying drop by drop. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0043" id="link2H_4_0043"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + The Tinsel Star + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I'm just a shiny tinsel star, + Boxed all the time as such things are, + And only used just once a year, + Oh, life is very dull and drear! + + A real star has far fields to roam, + A tinsel star must stay at home. + It is a terrible vexation + To be a silly imitation! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0044" id="link2H_4_0044"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + The Ambitious Mouse + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + If all the world were candy + And the sky were frosted cake, + Oh, it would be a splendid job + For a mouse to undertake! + + To eat a path of sweetmeats + Through candy forest aisles— + Explore the land of Pepper-mint + Stretched out for miles and miles. + + To gobble up a cloudlet, + A little cup-cake star, + To swim a lake of liquid sweet + With shores of chocolate bar. + + But, best of all the eating, + Would be the toothsome fat, + Triumphant hour of mouse-desire, + To eat a candy cat! +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0045" id="link2H_4_0045"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Prayer + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Last night I crept across the snow, + Where only tracking rabbits go, + And then I waited quite alone + Until the Christmas radiance shone! + + At midnight twenty angels came, + Each white and shining like a flame. + At midnight twenty angels sang, + The stars swung out like bells and rang. + + They lifted me across the hill, + They bore me in their arms until + A greater glory greeted them. + It was the town of Bethlehem. + + And gently, then, they set me down, + All worshipping that holy town, + And gently, then, they bade me raise + My head to worship and to praise. + + And gently, then, the Christ smiled down. + Ah, there was glory in that town! + It was as if the world were free + And glistening with purity. + + And in that vault of crystal blue, + It was as if the world were new, + And myriad angels, file on file, + Glorified in the Christ-child's smile. + + It was so beautiful to see + Such glory, for a child like me, + So beautiful, it does not seem + It could have been a Christmas dream. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0046" id="link2H_4_0046"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + About the author: + </h2> + <p> + John Chipman Farrar (1896-1974), late of the New York publishing firm of + Farrar, Straus and Giroux, attended Yale University where his poem + "Portraits" was the Yale University Prize Poem in 1916. After serving + during the First World War as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Air + Service, Farrar returned to Yale and graduated in 1919. His first book + "Forgotten Shrines" was published late that same year as the second volume + of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, reprinted in 1971, over half a + century later. + </p> + <p> + After graduation, Farrar turned to publishing and literary criticism, + editing George H. Doran Company's periodical "The Bookman". Between 1927 + and 1929, Farrar was editor at Doubleday, Doran and Company. In mid- 1929, + he and two sons of the famous mystery writer Mary Robert Rinehart started + the publishing firm if Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. His connection with that + firm lasted until 1945, although he was absent during the war years + assisting in U.S. government psychological war efforts. Farrar and + Rinehart was later absorbed by Henry Holt. + </p> + <p> + As a young editor in New York, Farrar volunteered in 1922 for the + organizing committee of an American chapter of PEN (originally Poets, + Essayists and Novelists) founded in England the year before by Sappho (Amy + Dawson Scott) to foster support of visiting foreign writers. PEN grew + quickly to become an international advocate for freedom of expression and + continues its activism to this day. (See http://www.pen.org) + </p> + <p> + After the Second World War, the American chapter of PEN foundered for lack + of direction. Farrar, co-principal of the newly formed publishing house of + Farrar, Straus and Company, now Farrar, Straus and Giroux, stepped in to + refocus its energies and recruit dozens of new members. He served as + president twice, once from 1951-1953 and again from 1963-1965. + </p> + <p> + In his roles as both and editor and a publisher, Farrar had a lasting + impact on literature through the years. Farrar, Straus & Giroux has + published many Nobel Laureates (20 as of 1995) and dozens of distinguished + poets and authors. It is my privilege to reprint this etext of some of his + own work for posterity. + </p> + <p> + —Stewart A. Levin + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Songs for Parents, by John Farrar + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS FOR PARENTS *** + +***** This file should be named 1664-h.htm or 1664-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/6/1664/ + +Produced by Stewart A. 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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 + +Posting Date: November 7, 2008 [EBook #1664] +Release Date: March, 1999 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS FOR PARENTS *** + + + + +Produced by Stewart A. Levin, and Curtis Farrar + + + + + +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 + + + + +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 the world were rain, + If there weren't anywhere to dine + And goose-flesh quivered up my spine-- + I _might_ come home again! + + + + +Spring Wish + + + A frog's a very happy thing, + Cool and green in early spring, + Quick and silver through the pool, + With no thought of books or school. + + Oh, I want to be a frog, + Sunning, stretching on a log, + Blinking there in splendid ease, + Swimming naked when I please, + Nosing into magic nooks, + Quiet marshes, noisy brooks. + + Free! And fit for anything! + Oh, to be a frog in spring! + + + + +Ambition + + + If I were a rocket + Shot high across the night, + I'd rather burst in silver stars + Than green or purple light; + + For then, perhaps, I'd fool the moon, + Although she's very wise, + And thinking me a baby star + She'd keep me in the skies. + + + + +Dreams + + + I'd like to dream my own dreams, + Instead of dreaming those + The silly sandman brings along + Like moving picture shows. + + I'd like to dream of palaces, + Of magic meadowlands, + Of silver gates and golden thrones + And chanting fairy bands; + + Of seas of spraying jewels, + Of dancing crystal ships, + Of the queen of all the elves herself-- + Two rubies for her lips; + + But, alas! I never dream such things, + And when I jump and wake + As an oozy ogre clutches me-- + It's just a stomach ache! + + + + +Water-Lily + + + I'd like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river, + Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver. + All day I'd watch the blue sky--all night I'd watch the black, + Floating in the soft waves, dreaming on my back, + And when I'd tired of dreaming, I'd call a passing fish, + "I want to find the sea!" I'd shout, "Come! You can grant my wish!" + + He'd bite me from my moorings, and softly I would slip + To the center of the river like an ocean-going ship. + The waves would laugh upon me. The wind would blow me fast, + And oh, what shores and wonders would greet me as I passed! + Yes, if I were a water-lily, I'd sail to sea in state-- + A green frog for my captain--and a dragon-fly for mate! + + + + +Humor + + + Have you ever watched the clowns at play, + White, red and black on circus day? + They're always very, very gay. + I wonder how they stay that way! + + I'd like to be a clown, + Playing tricks around the town, + Turning somersaults and springs, + As if they were easy things, + Laughing morning, noon and night, + Being such a funny sight! + + Do you think, then, I'd grow tired of fun, + Laughing so from sun to sun? + Or, when performances are done, + Do clown-folk cry like anyone? + + + + +Independence + + + I like to go out in the night + When there's neither a sound nor a light, + With my hands and feet bare, + And the wind in my hair, + Not a nurse nor a parent in sight; + + But only the night, moon and me + As I dance in the dew joyfully, + Quite daring and bold + For there's no one to scold, + Because there is no one to see. + + + + +SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS + + + + +A Comparison + + + Apple blossoms look like snow, + They're different, though. + Snow falls softly, but it brings + Noisy things: + Sleighs and bells, forts and fights, + Cosy nights. + + But apple blossoms when they go, + White and slow, + Quiet all the orchard space, + Till the place + Hushed with falling sweetness seems + Filled with dreams. + + + + +Speculation + + + I wonder if God sits alone + Upon the highest mountain stone + To stir the clouds and drop the rain, + And then to pick it up again. + + I wonder if he sends the brooks + Foaming from their distant nooks, + And, sitting there in robes of gray, + Turns rivers on at break of day. + + + + +Parade + + + The scarlet trumpet flowers are gay + And yet they never seem to play, + They never trumpet up the dawn + Nor blow retreat across the lawn. + + But oh, to-day I heard a strain, + A happy, martial, quick refrain, + As down across the garden grass + I saw the marching flowers pass: + + Gaudy phlox and flaunting rose, + Stiff and straight and on their toes, + And, blaring from the garden wall, + The trumpet flower led them all. + + + + +Flower Preferences + + + If I were a tiny fairy + With nothing else to do + But to wriggle into flowers + All the long day through, + + I'd dance among the roses, + I'd take a stately walk, + Balancing precisely + On an Easter-lily stalk. + + For play I'd choose the jonquils, + For swimming, poppy cups, + For jokes and tricks and tiny naps, + The Johnny-jump-ups! + + But on some quiet evening, + I'd leave my fairy band, + And on a star-flower through the sky + I'd sail to fairyland. + + + + +Parental Advice + + + Who laid the egg that hatched the moon? + Was it the earth, I wonder, + Was it the sun, the clouds, or rain, + Was it night or thunder? + + If I were mother to the moon + I'd spank her every day + Until she learned to stay at home + And _never_ run away! + + + + +Song for a Child Watching Clouds + + + I've watched the clouds by day and night, + Great fleecy ones all filled with light, + Gray beasts that steal across the sky, + And little fellows slipping by. + + Sometimes they seem like sheep at play, + Sometimes when they are dull and gray + The pale sun seems a ship to me, + Sailing through a rolling sea; + + And I've seen faces in them too, + Funny white men on the blue, + They look so many different ways, + And not one single cloudlet stays; + + But on across the heavens they blow, + I often wonder where they go, + Now sometime, maybe when I die, + I, too, will wander through the sky. + + + + +Problem + + + If I were a violet I'd think it a shame + To be always so simple and modest and tame, + To be hidden away like a hermit or nun + While the hare-brained pink roses can dance in the sun! + But consider the naughty wild ways of the rose-- + There _must_ be _respectable_ flowers, I suppose! + + + + +Garden Musings + + + Why is the lily so stately and still? + Why doesn't she dance like the gay daffodil? + Why doesn't she blush like the rose or the pink, + Or, like mischievous pansy, indulge in a wink? + Do you think it's because she is holier than they, + Or did God just decide he would make her that way? + + + + +My Garden + + + My garden was silly and stubborn; + I worked, but the weeds worked, too; + I dug and scraped and scrambled-- + They hustled themselves and grew; + + Now Ted's garden's fine and cleanly, + He has lettuce and roses and peas-- + Oh, most probably plants are like children-- + They only behave when they please! + + + + +Tracks + + + I wonder where the rabbits go + Who leave their tracks across the snow; + For when I follow to their den + The tracks always start out again. + + + + +Chanticleer + + + High and proud on the barnyard fence + Walks rooster in the morning. + He shakes his comb, he shakes his tail + And gives his daily warning. + + "Get up, you lazy boys and girls, + It's time you should be dressing!" + I wonder if he keeps a clock, + Or if he's only guessing. + + + + +Rainbow + + + The rainbow comes across the hill, + It shines upon the sky, until + It frightens all the tears from rain, + And then it hides itself again. + + Now when I'm very tired of play + I'll cross that rainbow bridge some day; + And while dear nurse and father scold, + I'll reach the end--and find the gold! + + + + +Windmill + + + The windmill stands up like a flower on the hill + With its petals a-whirling--they seldom stay still-- + And its funny old voice creaking all the long day + As it scolds little breezes for running away. + + + + +Cat-Fish + + + The cat-fish with whiskers that lives in the brook, + Is an ugly old beast with the wickedest look. + I suppose there were mouse-fish one time in brook town + Till that ugly old cat-fish gulped all of them down. + + + + +Visiting + + + You and I shall travel far, + We'll pass the old earth by, + We'll ride the moon and drive a star + Across the evening sky. + + We'll flash upon the milky way + To pay Dame Night a call-- + But should we happen on old Day-- + We'd fall and fall and fall. + + + + +Castles + + + I used to build me castles of moisty sand and shells, + And dream they were for princesses who wove me magic spells; + But yesterday along the beach my fairy princess came-- + And she's too big for castles--now isn't that a shame! + + + + +Parenthood + + + The birches that dance on the top of the hill + Are so slender and young that they cannot keep still, + They bend and they nod at each whiff of a breeze, + For you see they are still just the children of trees. + + But the birches below in the valley are older, + They are calmer and straighter and taller and colder. + Perhaps when we've grown up as solemn and grave, + We, too, will have children who do not behave! + + + + + + +SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE + + + + + +Moral Song + + + Oh, so cool + In his deep green pool + Was a frog on a log one day! + He would blink his eyes + As he snapped at flies, + For his mother was away, + _For his mother was away!_ + + Now that naughty frog + Left his own home log + And started out to play. + He flipped and he flopped + And he never stopped + Till he reached the great blue bay, + _Till he reached the great blue bay!_ + + Alas, with a swish + Came a mighty fish, + And swallowed him where he lay. + Now it's things like this + That never miss + Little frogs who don't obey, + _Little frogs who don't obey!_ + + + + +Serious Omission + + + I know that there are dragons, + St. George's, Jason's, too, + And many modern dragons + With scales of green and blue; + + But though I've been there many times + And carefully looked through, + I can't find a dragon + In the cages at the zoo! + + + + +Choice + + + If I had just one penny + On the Fourth of July, + Oh, what a problem it would be + To think what I should buy! + + With lollypops and fire-works, + With cakes and whiz-bangs, too, + With tops and candy cigarettes, + Whatever should I do? + + Torpedoes have a splendid noise, + But noise is quickly past, + And the sweetness of a lollypop + Is something that will last. + + + + +Natural Fireworks + + + The fireflies in the valley + Are having their display + Among the river willows + Like little bits of day! + + Come, light your silver sparkler + And wave it in the air. + Go dance among the willows + And sprinkle sparkles there. + + Then, oh, the world will wonder + To see the willows shine, + And even the fireflies will not know + Their tiny sparks from mine. + + + + +Conspiracy + + + The sun has a face that is laughing and red + When nurse pulls me out in the morning from bed; + But he's not half so sly as the silly old moon, + Who winks when I'm sent to my bedroom too soon. + + + + +Cuckoo Clock + + + The cuckoo in the clock by day + Is usually very gay; + And that's because, with people near, + There's not a thing for him to fear; + + But when the sitting room is dim + And no one's there to welcome him-- + How tremblingly he must come out + To flap his wings and look about. + + Why! Only just the other night + The cuckoo stopped the clock from fright! + + + + +The Sentinel + + + I'm only a little toy dough-boy, + And I have neither sorrows nor fears; + But I patiently wait, + With my gun pointed straight + And my helmet pulled down on my ears. + + The ugly wood lions and tigers + May show their white teeth if they please, + If the whole Noah's ark + Should threaten and bark + It wouldn't unstiffen my knees. + + And some day when you are a soldier + With your helmet pulled down on your ears + I'll still be as straight + As I wonder and wait, + Standing my watch through the years. + + + + +Royalty + + + If I should meet a king or queen + Upon the street some day, + Do you think that I'd be frightened? + Why, I'd know just what to say. + + "Your reverend majesties," I'd say, + And humbly bow the knee, + "I am your very humble swain, + And will you honor me?" + + The king would strike my shoulder + With a sword of passing might, + He'd lift me grandly to my feet, + He'd say, "Arise, O Knight!" + + Oh, I would not be frightened, + For I've seen kings galore, + Don't you think it's just to learn of them + That playing cards are for? + + + + +Crackers + + + Oh, there are very many kinds + Of crackers, great and small, + Saltines and ginger-snaps and such, + I'd like to eat them all; + + But there's a kind of cracker + That I _need much worse,_ + A bright red giant cracker + To set off under nurse! + + + + +The Drum + + + The drum's a very quiet fellow + When he's left alone; + But oh, how he does roar and bellow, + Rattle, snap and groan, + Clatter, spatter, dash and patter, + Rumble, shriek and moan + Whene'er I take my sticks in hand + And beat him soundly for the band. + + + + +Theatricals + + + Now I'll play at being queen, + Hold my head quite stiff and haughty, + Always proud and never naughty, + Sweeping grandly down the green. + + Or I'll be a moonlight fairy, + Bobbing lightly on the river, + Dancing where the shadows quiver, + Winged and shining, swift and wary. + + If the doctor thinks I'm sick, + He's just silly. _I am not!_ + I'm just tired and very hot, + Hating drink that's sweet and thick. + + Flowers dance across the walls, + Mother's face seems far away, + She's the audience, I'm the play, + She will clap for curtain calls. + + No!--I do not want to play! + Seven thrones around my bed, + Circling gold about my head-- + Angels always fly away! + + + + +Sally + + + If I were a stately sailboat, + I'd sail to Zanzibar, + I'd sail the seven secret seas, + Where the secret cities are, + And some day I'd be sailing with the wind before my prow, + And all the mermaids of the sea would clamber up the bow. + They'd beckon me with laughter, + They'd beckon me with smiles, + They'd show me cakes and candies + In half a dozen styles, + They'd promise me a life of ease + Eating sweets beneath the seas, + They'd promise me a life of play-- + A never ending holiday; + But I would say quite plainly, + And, oh, how stern I'd look! + Do you think that you can tempt me + While Sally is our cook? + + If I were a little fire balloon + I'd float aloft to Mars, + I'd pay a call on Venus + And chatter with the stars, + And just as I'd be fluttering across the yellow moon, + The angels would come singing a solemn Sunday tune. + They'd beckon to me gravely, + They'd tell me I could stay, + They'd show me all the jewels + That pave the milky way. + They'd promise me a golden crown + And silver robes like eider-down, + They'd give me harps with shiny strings + And wonderfully fluffy wings; + BUT--I would tell them plainly + I didn't want to die-- + Till all the angel cooks had learned + How Sally makes mince pie! + + + + +SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE + + + + +Bundles + + + A bundle is a funny thing, + It always sets me wondering; + For whether it is thin or wide + You never know just what's inside. + + Especially on Christmas week, + Temptation is so great to peek! + Now wouldn't it be much more fun + If shoppers carried things undone? + + + + +The Candy Santa Claus + + + I'm very fond of candles + With their quaint coquettish way, + But alas! I wooed too often, + And now my life's to pay. + + They knew I was important + When they decked the Christmas tree, + Yes, they hung me on the tip-top + For all the world to see. + + But, alas! A lady candle + Has come with me to the top, + And I'm melting with affection, + I'm dying drop by drop. + + + + +The Tinsel Star + + + I'm just a shiny tinsel star, + Boxed all the time as such things are, + And only used just once a year, + Oh, life is very dull and drear! + + A real star has far fields to roam, + A tinsel star must stay at home. + It is a terrible vexation + To be a silly imitation! + + + + +The Ambitious Mouse + + + If all the world were candy + And the sky were frosted cake, + Oh, it would be a splendid job + For a mouse to undertake! + + To eat a path of sweetmeats + Through candy forest aisles-- + Explore the land of Pepper-mint + Stretched out for miles and miles. + + To gobble up a cloudlet, + A little cup-cake star, + To swim a lake of liquid sweet + With shores of chocolate bar. + + But, best of all the eating, + Would be the toothsome fat, + Triumphant hour of mouse-desire, + To eat a candy cat! + + + + +Prayer + + + Last night I crept across the snow, + Where only tracking rabbits go, + And then I waited quite alone + Until the Christmas radiance shone! + + At midnight twenty angels came, + Each white and shining like a flame. + At midnight twenty angels sang, + The stars swung out like bells and rang. + + They lifted me across the hill, + They bore me in their arms until + A greater glory greeted them. + It was the town of Bethlehem. + + And gently, then, they set me down, + All worshipping that holy town, + And gently, then, they bade me raise + My head to worship and to praise. + + And gently, then, the Christ smiled down. + Ah, there was glory in that town! + It was as if the world were free + And glistening with purity. + + And in that vault of crystal blue, + It was as if the world were new, + And myriad angels, file on file, + Glorified in the Christ-child's smile. + + It was so beautiful to see + Such glory, for a child like me, + So beautiful, it does not seem + It could have been a Christmas dream. + + + + +About the author: + + +John Chipman Farrar (1896-1974), late of the New York publishing firm of +Farrar, Straus and Giroux, attended Yale University where his poem +"Portraits" was the Yale University Prize Poem in 1916. After serving +during the First World War as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Air +Service, Farrar returned to Yale and graduated in 1919. His first book +"Forgotten Shrines" was published late that same year as the second +volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, reprinted in 1971, over half +a century later. + +After graduation, Farrar turned to publishing and literary criticism, +editing George H. Doran Company's periodical "The Bookman". Between 1927 +and 1929, Farrar was editor at Doubleday, Doran and Company. In mid- +1929, he and two sons of the famous mystery writer Mary Robert Rinehart +started the publishing firm if Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. His connection +with that firm lasted until 1945, although he was absent during the war +years assisting in U.S. government psychological war efforts. Farrar +and Rinehart was later absorbed by Henry Holt. + +As a young editor in New York, Farrar volunteered in 1922 for the +organizing committee of an American chapter of PEN (originally Poets, +Essayists and Novelists) founded in England the year before by Sappho +(Amy Dawson Scott) to foster support of visiting foreign writers. PEN +grew quickly to become an international advocate for freedom of +expression and continues its activism to this day. (See +http://www.pen.org) + +After the Second World War, the American chapter of PEN foundered for +lack of direction. Farrar, co-principal of the newly formed publishing +house of Farrar, Straus and Company, now Farrar, Straus and Giroux, +stepped in to refocus its energies and recruit dozens of new members. He +served as president twice, once from 1951-1953 and again from 1963-1965. + +In his roles as both and editor and a publisher, Farrar had a lasting +impact on literature through the years. 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FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.29.93*END* + + + + + +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 + + + + +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 the world were rain, +If there weren't anywhere to dine +And goose-flesh quivered up my spine-- +I _might_ come home again! + + + +Spring Wish + + +A frog's a very happy thing, +Cool and green in early spring, +Quick and silver through the pool, +With no thought of books or school. + +Oh, I want to be a frog, +Sunning, stretching on a log, +Blinking there in splendid ease, +Swimming naked when I please, +Nosing into magic nooks, +Quiet marshes, noisy brooks. + +Free! And fit for anything! +Oh, to be a frog in spring! + + + +Ambition + + +If I were a rocket +Shot high across the night, +I'd rather burst in silver stars +Than green or purple light; + +For then, perhaps, I'd fool the moon, +Although she's very wise, +And thinking me a baby star +She'd keep me in the skies. + + + +Dreams + + +I'd like to dream my own dreams, +Instead of dreaming those +The silly sandman brings along +Like moving picture shows. + +I'd like to dream of palaces, +Of magic meadowlands, +Of silver gates and golden thrones +And chanting fairy bands; + +Of seas of spraying jewels, +Of dancing crystal ships, +Of the queen of all the elves herself-- +Two rubies for her lips; + +But, alas! I never dream such things, +And when I jump and wake +As an oozy ogre clutches me-- +It's just a stomach ache! + + + +Water-Lily + + +I'd like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river, +Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver. +All day I'd watch the blue sky--all night I'd watch the black, +Floating in the soft waves, dreaming on my back, +And when I'd tired of dreaming, I'd call a passing fish, +"I want to find the sea!" I'd shout, "Come! You can grant my wish!" + +He'd bite me from my moorings, and softly I would slip +To the center of the river like an ocean-going ship. +The waves would laugh upon me. The wind would blow me fast, +And oh, what shores and wonders would greet me as I passed! +Yes, if I were a water-lily, I'd sail to sea in state-- +A green frog for my captain--and a dragon-fly for mate! + + + +Humor + + +Have you ever watched the clowns at play, +White, red and black on circus day? +They're always very, very gay. +I wonder how they stay that way! + +I'd like to be a clown, +Playing tricks around the town, +Turning somersaults and springs, +As if they were easy things, +Laughing morning, noon and night, +Being such a funny sight! + +Do you think, then, I'd grow tired of fun, +Laughing so from sun to sun? +Or, when performances are done, +Do clown-folk cry like anyone? + + + +Independence + + +I like to go out in the night +When there's neither a sound nor a light, +With my hands and feet bare, +And the wind in my hair, +Not a nurse nor a parent in sight; + +But only the night, moon and me +As I dance in the dew joyfully, +Quite daring and bold +For there's no one to scold, +Because there is no one to see. + + + + + +SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS + + + + +A Comparison + + +Apple blossoms look like snow, +They're different, though. +Snow falls softly, but it brings +Noisy things: +Sleighs and bells, forts and fights, +Cosy nights. + +But apple blossoms when they go, +White and slow, +Quiet all the orchard space, +Till the place +Hushed with falling sweetness seems +Filled with dreams. + + + +Speculation + + +I wonder if God sits alone +Upon the highest mountain stone +To stir the clouds and drop the rain, +And then to pick it up again. + +I wonder if he sends the brooks +Foaming from their distant nooks, +And, sitting there in robes of gray, +Turns rivers on at break of day. + + + +Parade + + +The scarlet trumpet flowers are gay +And yet they never seem to play, +They never trumpet up the dawn +Nor blow retreat across the lawn. + +But oh, to-day I heard a strain, +A happy, martial, quick refrain, +As down across the garden grass +I saw the marching flowers pass: + +Gaudy phlox and flaunting rose, +Stiff and straight and on their toes, +And, blaring from the garden wall, +The trumpet flower led them all. + + + +Flower Preferences + + +If I were a tiny fairy + With nothing else to do +But to wriggle into flowers + All the long day through, + +I'd dance among the roses, + I'd take a stately walk, +Balancing precisely + On an Easter-lily stalk. + +For play I'd choose the jonquils, + For swimming, poppy cups, +For jokes and tricks and tiny naps, + The Johnny-jump-ups! + +But on some quiet evening, + I'd leave my fairy band, +And on a star-flower through the sky + I'd sail to fairyland. + + + +Parental Advice + + +Who laid the egg that hatched the moon? +Was it the earth, I wonder, +Was it the sun, the clouds, or rain, +Was it night or thunder? + +If I were mother to the moon +I'd spank her every day +Until she learned to stay at home +And _never_ run away! + + + +Song for a Child Watching Clouds + + +I've watched the clouds by day and night, +Great fleecy ones all filled with light, +Gray beasts that steal across the sky, +And little fellows slipping by. + +Sometimes they seem like sheep at play, +Sometimes when they are dull and gray +The pale sun seems a ship to me, +Sailing through a rolling sea; + +And I've seen faces in them too, +Funny white men on the blue, +They look so many different ways, +And not one single cloudlet stays; + +But on across the heavens they blow, +I often wonder where they go, +Now sometime, maybe when I die, +I, too, will wander through the sky. + + + +Problem + + +If I were a violet I'd think it a shame +To be always so simple and modest and tame, +To be hidden away like a hermit or nun +While the hare-brained pink roses can dance in the sun! +But consider the naughty wild ways of the rose-- +There _must_ be _respectable_ flowers, I suppose! + + + +Garden Musings + + +Why is the lily so stately and still? +Why doesn't she dance like the gay daffodil? +Why doesn't she blush like the rose or the pink, +Or, like mischievous pansy, indulge in a wink? +Do you think it's because she is holier than they, +Or did God just decide he would make her that way? + + + +My Garden + + +My garden was silly and stubborn; + I worked, but the weeds worked, too; +I dug and scraped and scrambled-- + They hustled themselves and grew; + +Now Ted's garden's fine and cleanly, + He has lettuce and roses and peas-- +Oh, most probably plants are like children-- + They only behave when they please! + + + +Tracks + + +I wonder where the rabbits go +Who leave their tracks across the snow; +For when I follow to their den +The tracks always start out again. + + + +Chanticleer + + +High and proud on the barnyard fence +Walks rooster in the morning. +He shakes his comb, he shakes his tail +And gives his daily warning. + +"Get up, you lazy boys and girls, +It's time you should be dressing!" +I wonder if he keeps a clock, +Or if he's only guessing. + + + +Rainbow + + +The rainbow comes across the hill, +It shines upon the sky, until +It frightens all the tears from rain, +And then it hides itself again. + +Now when I'm very tired of play +I'll cross that rainbow bridge some day; +And while dear nurse and father scold, +I'll reach the end--and find the gold! + + + +Windmill + + +The windmill stands up like a flower on the hill +With its petals a-whirling--they seldom stay still-- +And its funny old voice creaking all the long day +As it scolds little breezes for running away. + + + +Cat-Fish + + +The cat-fish with whiskers that lives in the brook, +Is an ugly old beast with the wickedest look. +I suppose there were mouse-fish one time in brook town +Till that ugly old cat-fish gulped all of them down. + + + +Visiting + + +You and I shall travel far, +We'll pass the old earth by, +We'll ride the moon and drive a star +Across the evening sky. + +We'll flash upon the milky way +To pay Dame Night a call-- +But should we happen on old Day-- +We'd fall and fall and fall. + + + +Castles + + +I used to build me castles of moisty sand and shells, +And dream they were for princesses who wove me magic spells; +But yesterday along the beach my fairy princess came-- +And she's too big for castles--now isn't that a shame! + + + +Parenthood + + +The birches that dance on the top of the hill +Are so slender and young that they cannot keep still, +They bend and they nod at each whiff of a breeze, +For you see they are still just the children of trees. + +But the birches below in the valley are older, +They are calmer and straighter and taller and colder. +Perhaps when we've grown up as solemn and grave, +We, too, will have children who do not behave! + + + + + +SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE + + + + +Moral Song + + +Oh, so cool +In his deep green pool +Was a frog on a log one day! +He would blink his eyes +As he snapped at flies, + For his mother was away, + _For his mother was away!_ + +Now that naughty frog +Left his own home log +And started out to play. +He flipped and he flopped +And he never stopped + Till he reached the great blue bay, + _Till he reached the great blue bay!_ + +Alas, with a swish +Came a mighty fish, +And swallowed him where he lay. +Now it's things like this +That never miss + Little frogs who don't obey, + _Little frogs who don't obey!_ + + + +Serious Omission + + +I know that there are dragons, +St. George's, Jason's, too, +And many modern dragons +With scales of green and blue; + +But though I've been there many times +And carefully looked through, +I can't find a dragon +In the cages at the zoo! + + + +Choice + + +If I had just one penny + On the Fourth of July, +Oh, what a problem it would be + To think what I should buy! + +With lollypops and fire-works, + With cakes and whiz-bangs, too, +With tops and candy cigarettes, + Whatever should I do? + +Torpedoes have a splendid noise, + But noise is quickly past, +And the sweetness of a lollypop + Is something that will last. + + + +Natural Fireworks + + +The fireflies in the valley +Are having their display +Among the river willows +Like little bits of day! + +Come, light your silver sparkler +And wave it in the air. +Go dance among the willows +And sprinkle sparkles there. + +Then, oh, the world will wonder +To see the willows shine, +And even the fireflies will not know +Their tiny sparks from mine. + + + +Conspiracy + + +The sun has a face that is laughing and red +When nurse pulls me out in the morning from bed; +But he's not half so sly as the silly old moon, +Who winks when I'm sent to my bedroom too soon. + + + +Cuckoo Clock + + +The cuckoo in the clock by day +Is usually very gay; +And that's because, with people near, +There's not a thing for him to fear; + +But when the sitting room is dim +And no one's there to welcome him-- +How tremblingly he must come out +To flap his wings and look about. + +Why! Only just the other night +The cuckoo stopped the clock from fright! + + + +The Sentinel + + +I'm only a little toy dough-boy, +And I have neither sorrows nor fears; +But I patiently wait, +With my gun pointed straight +And my helmet pulled down on my ears. + +The ugly wood lions and tigers +May show their white teeth if they please, +If the whole Noah's ark +Should threaten and bark +It wouldn't unstiffen my knees. + +And some day when you are a soldier +With your helmet pulled down on your ears +I'll still be as straight +As I wonder and wait, +Standing my watch through the years. + + + +Royalty + + +If I should meet a king or queen +Upon the street some day, +Do you think that I'd be frightened? +Why, I'd know just what to say. + +"Your reverend majesties," I'd say, +And humbly bow the knee, +"I am your very humble swain, +And will you honor me?" + +The king would strike my shoulder +With a sword of passing might, +He'd lift me grandly to my feet, +He'd say, "Arise, O Knight!" + +Oh, I would not be frightened, +For I've seen kings galore, +Don't you think it's just to learn of them +That playing cards are for? + + + +Crackers + + +Oh, there are very many kinds +Of crackers, great and small, +Saltines and ginger-snaps and such, +I'd like to eat them all; + +But there's a kind of cracker +That I _need much worse,_ +A bright red giant cracker +To set off under nurse! + + + +The Drum + + +The drum's a very quiet fellow +When he's left alone; +But oh, how he does roar and bellow, +Rattle, snap and groan, +Clatter, spatter, dash and patter, +Rumble, shriek and moan +Whene'er I take my sticks in hand +And beat him soundly for the band. + + + +Theatricals + + +Now I'll play at being queen, + Hold my head quite stiff and haughty, + Always proud and never naughty, +Sweeping grandly down the green. + +Or I'll be a moonlight fairy, + Bobbing lightly on the river, + Dancing where the shadows quiver, +Winged and shining, swift and wary. + +If the doctor thinks I'm sick, + He's just silly. _I am not!_ + I'm just tired and very hot, +Hating drink that's sweet and thick. + +Flowers dance across the walls, + Mother's face seems far away, + She's the audience, I'm the play, +She will clap for curtain calls. + +No!--I do not want to play! + Seven thrones around my bed, + Circling gold about my head-- +Angels always fly away! + + + +Sally + + +If I were a stately sailboat, +I'd sail to Zanzibar, +I'd sail the seven secret seas, +Where the secret cities are, +And some day I'd be sailing with the wind before my prow, +And all the mermaids of the sea would clamber up the bow. +They'd beckon me with laughter, +They'd beckon me with smiles, +They'd show me cakes and candies +In half a dozen styles, +They'd promise me a life of ease +Eating sweets beneath the seas, +They'd promise me a life of play-- +A never ending holiday; +But I would say quite plainly, +And, oh, how stern I'd look! +Do you think that you can tempt me +While Sally is our cook? + +If I were a little fire balloon +I'd float aloft to Mars, +I'd pay a call on Venus +And chatter with the stars, +And just as I'd be fluttering across the yellow moon, +The angels would come singing a solemn Sunday tune. +They'd beckon to me gravely, +They'd tell me I could stay, +They'd show me all the jewels +That pave the milky way. +They'd promise me a golden crown +And silver robes like eider-down, +They'd give me harps with shiny strings +And wonderfully fluffy wings; +BUT--I would tell them plainly +I didn't want to die-- +Till all the angel cooks had learned +How Sally makes mince pie! + + + + + +SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE + + + + +Bundles + + +A bundle is a funny thing, +It always sets me wondering; +For whether it is thin or wide +You never know just what's inside. + +Especially on Christmas week, +Temptation is so great to peek! +Now wouldn't it be much more fun +If shoppers carried things undone? + + + +The Candy Santa Claus + + +I'm very fond of candles +With their quaint coquettish way, +But alas! I wooed too often, +And now my life's to pay. + +They knew I was important +When they decked the Christmas tree, +Yes, they hung me on the tip-top +For all the world to see. + +But, alas! A lady candle +Has come with me to the top, +And I'm melting with affection, +I'm dying drop by drop. + + + +The Tinsel Star + + +I'm just a shiny tinsel star, +Boxed all the time as such things are, +And only used just once a year, +Oh, life is very dull and drear! + +A real star has far fields to roam, +A tinsel star must stay at home. +It is a terrible vexation +To be a silly imitation! + + + +The Ambitious Mouse + + +If all the world were candy +And the sky were frosted cake, +Oh, it would be a splendid job +For a mouse to undertake! + +To eat a path of sweetmeats +Through candy forest aisles-- +Explore the land of Pepper-mint +Stretched out for miles and miles. + +To gobble up a cloudlet, +A little cup-cake star, +To swim a lake of liquid sweet +With shores of chocolate bar. + +But, best of all the eating, +Would be the toothsome fat, +Triumphant hour of mouse-desire, +To eat a candy cat! + + + +Prayer + + +Last night I crept across the snow, +Where only tracking rabbits go, +And then I waited quite alone +Until the Christmas radiance shone! + +At midnight twenty angels came, +Each white and shining like a flame. +At midnight twenty angels sang, +The stars swung out like bells and rang. + +They lifted me across the hill, +They bore me in their arms until +A greater glory greeted them. +It was the town of Bethlehem. + +And gently, then, they set me down, +All worshipping that holy town, +And gently, then, they bade me raise +My head to worship and to praise. + +And gently, then, the Christ smiled down. +Ah, there was glory in that town! +It was as if the world were free +And glistening with purity. + +And in that vault of crystal blue, +It was as if the world were new, +And myriad angels, file on file, +Glorified in the Christ-child's smile. + +It was so beautiful to see +Such glory, for a child like me, +So beautiful, it does not seem +It could have been a Christmas dream. + + + + + +About the author: + + +John Chipman Farrar (1896-1974), late of the longtime New York +publishing firm of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, attended Yale University, +where his poem "Portraits" won the Yale University Prize Poem in 1916. +In 1919 his "Forgotten Shrines" won critical acclaim and was to be +reprinted half a century later. + +After graduation, John turned to publishing and literary criticism, +editing George H. 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Levin of Englewood CO with +additional biographical information provided by Curtis Farrar of +Washington, D.C. + + + + + +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 + + + + +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 the world were rain, +If there weren't anywhere to dine +And goose-flesh quivered up my spine-- +I _might_ come home again! + + + +Spring Wish + + +A frog's a very happy thing, +Cool and green in early spring, +Quick and silver through the pool, +With no thought of books or school. + +Oh, I want to be a frog, +Sunning, stretching on a log, +Blinking there in splendid ease, +Swimming naked when I please, +Nosing into magic nooks, +Quiet marshes, noisy brooks. + +Free! And fit for anything! +Oh, to be a frog in spring! + + + +Ambition + + +If I were a rocket +Shot high across the night, +I'd rather burst in silver stars +Than green or purple light; + +For then, perhaps, I'd fool the moon, +Although she's very wise, +And thinking me a baby star +She'd keep me in the skies. + + + +Dreams + + +I'd like to dream my own dreams, +Instead of dreaming those +The silly sandman brings along +Like moving picture shows. + +I'd like to dream of palaces, +Of magic meadowlands, +Of silver gates and golden thrones +And chanting fairy bands; + +Of seas of spraying jewels, +Of dancing crystal ships, +Of the queen of all the elves herself-- +Two rubies for her lips; + +But, alas! I never dream such things, +And when I jump and wake +As an oozy ogre clutches me-- +It's just a stomach ache! + + + +Water-Lily + + +I'd like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river, +Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver. +All day I'd watch the blue sky--all night I'd watch the black, +Floating in the soft waves, dreaming on my back, +And when I'd tired of dreaming, I'd call a passing fish, +"I want to find the sea!" I'd shout, "Come! You can grant my wish!" + +He'd bite me from my moorings, and softly I would slip +To the center of the river like an ocean-going ship. +The waves would laugh upon me. The wind would blow me fast, +And oh, what shores and wonders would greet me as I passed! +Yes, if I were a water-lily, I'd sail to sea in state-- +A green frog for my captain--and a dragon-fly for mate! + + + +Humor + + +Have you ever watched the clowns at play, +White, red and black on circus day? +They're always very, very gay. +I wonder how they stay that way! + +I'd like to be a clown, +Playing tricks around the town, +Turning somersaults and springs, +As if they were easy things, +Laughing morning, noon and night, +Being such a funny sight! + +Do you think, then, I'd grow tired of fun, +Laughing so from sun to sun? +Or, when performances are done, +Do clown-folk cry like anyone? + + + +Independence + + +I like to go out in the night +When there's neither a sound nor a light, +With my hands and feet bare, +And the wind in my hair, +Not a nurse nor a parent in sight; + +But only the night, moon and me +As I dance in the dew joyfully, +Quite daring and bold +For there's no one to scold, +Because there is no one to see. + + + + + +SONGS FOR OUT OF DOORS + + + + +A Comparison + + +Apple blossoms look like snow, +They're different, though. +Snow falls softly, but it brings +Noisy things: +Sleighs and bells, forts and fights, +Cosy nights. + +But apple blossoms when they go, +White and slow, +Quiet all the orchard space, +Till the place +Hushed with falling sweetness seems +Filled with dreams. + + + +Speculation + + +I wonder if God sits alone +Upon the highest mountain stone +To stir the clouds and drop the rain, +And then to pick it up again. + +I wonder if he sends the brooks +Foaming from their distant nooks, +And, sitting there in robes of gray, +Turns rivers on at break of day. + + + +Parade + + +The scarlet trumpet flowers are gay +And yet they never seem to play, +They never trumpet up the dawn +Nor blow retreat across the lawn. + +But oh, to-day I heard a strain, +A happy, martial, quick refrain, +As down across the garden grass +I saw the marching flowers pass: + +Gaudy phlox and flaunting rose, +Stiff and straight and on their toes, +And, blaring from the garden wall, +The trumpet flower led them all. + + + +Flower Preferences + + +If I were a tiny fairy + With nothing else to do +But to wriggle into flowers + All the long day through, + +I'd dance among the roses, + I'd take a stately walk, +Balancing precisely + On an Easter-lily stalk. + +For play I'd choose the jonquils, + For swimming, poppy cups, +For jokes and tricks and tiny naps, + The Johnny-jump-ups! + +But on some quiet evening, + I'd leave my fairy band, +And on a star-flower through the sky + I'd sail to fairyland. + + + +Parental Advice + + +Who laid the egg that hatched the moon? +Was it the earth, I wonder, +Was it the sun, the clouds, or rain, +Was it night or thunder? + +If I were mother to the moon +I'd spank her every day +Until she learned to stay at home +And _never_ run away! + + + +Song for a Child Watching Clouds + + +I've watched the clouds by day and night, +Great fleecy ones all filled with light, +Gray beasts that steal across the sky, +And little fellows slipping by. + +Sometimes they seem like sheep at play, +Sometimes when they are dull and gray +The pale sun seems a ship to me, +Sailing through a rolling sea; + +And I've seen faces in them too, +Funny white men on the blue, +They look so many different ways, +And not one single cloudlet stays; + +But on across the heavens they blow, +I often wonder where they go, +Now sometime, maybe when I die, +I, too, will wander through the sky. + + + +Problem + + +If I were a violet I'd think it a shame +To be always so simple and modest and tame, +To be hidden away like a hermit or nun +While the hare-brained pink roses can dance in the sun! +But consider the naughty wild ways of the rose-- +There _must_ be _respectable_ flowers, I suppose! + + + +Garden Musings + + +Why is the lily so stately and still? +Why doesn't she dance like the gay daffodil? +Why doesn't she blush like the rose or the pink, +Or, like mischievous pansy, indulge in a wink? +Do you think it's because she is holier than they, +Or did God just decide he would make her that way? + + + +My Garden + + +My garden was silly and stubborn; + I worked, but the weeds worked, too; +I dug and scraped and scrambled-- + They hustled themselves and grew; + +Now Ted's garden's fine and cleanly, + He has lettuce and roses and peas-- +Oh, most probably plants are like children-- + They only behave when they please! + + + +Tracks + + +I wonder where the rabbits go +Who leave their tracks across the snow; +For when I follow to their den +The tracks always start out again. + + + +Chanticleer + + +High and proud on the barnyard fence +Walks rooster in the morning. +He shakes his comb, he shakes his tail +And gives his daily warning. + +"Get up, you lazy boys and girls, +It's time you should be dressing!" +I wonder if he keeps a clock, +Or if he's only guessing. + + + +Rainbow + + +The rainbow comes across the hill, +It shines upon the sky, until +It frightens all the tears from rain, +And then it hides itself again. + +Now when I'm very tired of play +I'll cross that rainbow bridge some day; +And while dear nurse and father scold, +I'll reach the end--and find the gold! + + + +Windmill + + +The windmill stands up like a flower on the hill +With its petals a-whirling--they seldom stay still-- +And its funny old voice creaking all the long day +As it scolds little breezes for running away. + + + +Cat-Fish + + +The cat-fish with whiskers that lives in the brook, +Is an ugly old beast with the wickedest look. +I suppose there were mouse-fish one time in brook town +Till that ugly old cat-fish gulped all of them down. + + + +Visiting + + +You and I shall travel far, +We'll pass the old earth by, +We'll ride the moon and drive a star +Across the evening sky. + +We'll flash upon the milky way +To pay Dame Night a call-- +But should we happen on old Day-- +We'd fall and fall and fall. + + + +Castles + + +I used to build me castles of moisty sand and shells, +And dream they were for princesses who wove me magic spells; +But yesterday along the beach my fairy princess came-- +And she's too big for castles--now isn't that a shame! + + + +Parenthood + + +The birches that dance on the top of the hill +Are so slender and young that they cannot keep still, +They bend and they nod at each whiff of a breeze, +For you see they are still just the children of trees. + +But the birches below in the valley are older, +They are calmer and straighter and taller and colder. +Perhaps when we've grown up as solemn and grave, +We, too, will have children who do not behave! + + + + + +SONGS OF CIRCUMSTANCE + + + + +Moral Song + + +Oh, so cool +In his deep green pool +Was a frog on a log one day! +He would blink his eyes +As he snapped at flies, + For his mother was away, + _For his mother was away!_ + +Now that naughty frog +Left his own home log +And started out to play. +He flipped and he flopped +And he never stopped + Till he reached the great blue bay, + _Till he reached the great blue bay!_ + +Alas, with a swish +Came a mighty fish, +And swallowed him where he lay. +Now it's things like this +That never miss + Little frogs who don't obey, + _Little frogs who don't obey!_ + + + +Serious Omission + + +I know that there are dragons, +St. George's, Jason's, too, +And many modern dragons +With scales of green and blue; + +But though I've been there many times +And carefully looked through, +I can't find a dragon +In the cages at the zoo! + + + +Choice + + +If I had just one penny + On the Fourth of July, +Oh, what a problem it would be + To think what I should buy! + +With lollypops and fire-works, + With cakes and whiz-bangs, too, +With tops and candy cigarettes, + Whatever should I do? + +Torpedoes have a splendid noise, + But noise is quickly past, +And the sweetness of a lollypop + Is something that will last. + + + +Natural Fireworks + + +The fireflies in the valley +Are having their display +Among the river willows +Like little bits of day! + +Come, light your silver sparkler +And wave it in the air. +Go dance among the willows +And sprinkle sparkles there. + +Then, oh, the world will wonder +To see the willows shine, +And even the fireflies will not know +Their tiny sparks from mine. + + + +Conspiracy + + +The sun has a face that is laughing and red +When nurse pulls me out in the morning from bed; +But he's not half so sly as the silly old moon, +Who winks when I'm sent to my bedroom too soon. + + + +Cuckoo Clock + + +The cuckoo in the clock by day +Is usually very gay; +And that's because, with people near, +There's not a thing for him to fear; + +But when the sitting room is dim +And no one's there to welcome him-- +How tremblingly he must come out +To flap his wings and look about. + +Why! Only just the other night +The cuckoo stopped the clock from fright! + + + +The Sentinel + + +I'm only a little toy dough-boy, +And I have neither sorrows nor fears; +But I patiently wait, +With my gun pointed straight +And my helmet pulled down on my ears. + +The ugly wood lions and tigers +May show their white teeth if they please, +If the whole Noah's ark +Should threaten and bark +It wouldn't unstiffen my knees. + +And some day when you are a soldier +With your helmet pulled down on your ears +I'll still be as straight +As I wonder and wait, +Standing my watch through the years. + + + +Royalty + + +If I should meet a king or queen +Upon the street some day, +Do you think that I'd be frightened? +Why, I'd know just what to say. + +"Your reverend majesties," I'd say, +And humbly bow the knee, +"I am your very humble swain, +And will you honor me?" + +The king would strike my shoulder +With a sword of passing might, +He'd lift me grandly to my feet, +He'd say, "Arise, O Knight!" + +Oh, I would not be frightened, +For I've seen kings galore, +Don't you think it's just to learn of them +That playing cards are for? + + + +Crackers + + +Oh, there are very many kinds +Of crackers, great and small, +Saltines and ginger-snaps and such, +I'd like to eat them all; + +But there's a kind of cracker +That I _need much worse,_ +A bright red giant cracker +To set off under nurse! + + + +The Drum + + +The drum's a very quiet fellow +When he's left alone; +But oh, how he does roar and bellow, +Rattle, snap and groan, +Clatter, spatter, dash and patter, +Rumble, shriek and moan +Whene'er I take my sticks in hand +And beat him soundly for the band. + + + +Theatricals + + +Now I'll play at being queen, + Hold my head quite stiff and haughty, + Always proud and never naughty, +Sweeping grandly down the green. + +Or I'll be a moonlight fairy, + Bobbing lightly on the river, + Dancing where the shadows quiver, +Winged and shining, swift and wary. + +If the doctor thinks I'm sick, + He's just silly. _I am not!_ + I'm just tired and very hot, +Hating drink that's sweet and thick. + +Flowers dance across the walls, + Mother's face seems far away, + She's the audience, I'm the play, +She will clap for curtain calls. + +No!--I do not want to play! + Seven thrones around my bed, + Circling gold about my head-- +Angels always fly away! + + + +Sally + + +If I were a stately sailboat, +I'd sail to Zanzibar, +I'd sail the seven secret seas, +Where the secret cities are, +And some day I'd be sailing with the wind before my prow, +And all the mermaids of the sea would clamber up the bow. +They'd beckon me with laughter, +They'd beckon me with smiles, +They'd show me cakes and candies +In half a dozen styles, +They'd promise me a life of ease +Eating sweets beneath the seas, +They'd promise me a life of play-- +A never ending holiday; +But I would say quite plainly, +And, oh, how stern I'd look! +Do you think that you can tempt me +While Sally is our cook? + +If I were a little fire balloon +I'd float aloft to Mars, +I'd pay a call on Venus +And chatter with the stars, +And just as I'd be fluttering across the yellow moon, +The angels would come singing a solemn Sunday tune. +They'd beckon to me gravely, +They'd tell me I could stay, +They'd show me all the jewels +That pave the milky way. +They'd promise me a golden crown +And silver robes like eider-down, +They'd give me harps with shiny strings +And wonderfully fluffy wings; +BUT--I would tell them plainly +I didn't want to die-- +Till all the angel cooks had learned +How Sally makes mince pie! + + + + + +SONGS FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE + + + + +Bundles + + +A bundle is a funny thing, +It always sets me wondering; +For whether it is thin or wide +You never know just what's inside. + +Especially on Christmas week, +Temptation is so great to peek! +Now wouldn't it be much more fun +If shoppers carried things undone? + + + +The Candy Santa Claus + + +I'm very fond of candles +With their quaint coquettish way, +But alas! I wooed too often, +And now my life's to pay. + +They knew I was important +When they decked the Christmas tree, +Yes, they hung me on the tip-top +For all the world to see. + +But, alas! A lady candle +Has come with me to the top, +And I'm melting with affection, +I'm dying drop by drop. + + + +The Tinsel Star + + +I'm just a shiny tinsel star, +Boxed all the time as such things are, +And only used just once a year, +Oh, life is very dull and drear! + +A real star has far fields to roam, +A tinsel star must stay at home. +It is a terrible vexation +To be a silly imitation! + + + +The Ambitious Mouse + + +If all the world were candy +And the sky were frosted cake, +Oh, it would be a splendid job +For a mouse to undertake! + +To eat a path of sweetmeats +Through candy forest aisles-- +Explore the land of Pepper-mint +Stretched out for miles and miles. + +To gobble up a cloudlet, +A little cup-cake star, +To swim a lake of liquid sweet +With shores of chocolate bar. + +But, best of all the eating, +Would be the toothsome fat, +Triumphant hour of mouse-desire, +To eat a candy cat! + + + +Prayer + + +Last night I crept across the snow, +Where only tracking rabbits go, +And then I waited quite alone +Until the Christmas radiance shone! + +At midnight twenty angels came, +Each white and shining like a flame. +At midnight twenty angels sang, +The stars swung out like bells and rang. + +They lifted me across the hill, +They bore me in their arms until +A greater glory greeted them. +It was the town of Bethlehem. + +And gently, then, they set me down, +All worshipping that holy town, +And gently, then, they bade me raise +My head to worship and to praise. + +And gently, then, the Christ smiled down. +Ah, there was glory in that town! +It was as if the world were free +And glistening with purity. + +And in that vault of crystal blue, +It was as if the world were new, +And myriad angels, file on file, +Glorified in the Christ-child's smile. + +It was so beautiful to see +Such glory, for a child like me, +So beautiful, it does not seem +It could have been a Christmas dream. + + + + + +About the author: + + +John Chipman Farrar (1896-1974), late of the New York publishing +firm of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, attended Yale University where +his poem "Portraits" was the Yale University Prize Poem in 1916. +After serving during the First World War as an intelligence officer +with the U.S. Air Service, Farrar returned to Yale and graduated in 1919. +His first book "Forgotten Shrines" was published late that same year as +the second volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, reprinted in 1971, +over half a century later. + +After graduation, Farrar turned to publishing and literary criticism, +editing George H. Doran Company's periodical "The Bookman". Between +1927 and 1929, Farrar was editor at Doubleday, Doran and Company. +In mid-1929, he and two sons of the famous mystery writer Mary Robert +Rinehart started the publishing firm if Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. +His connection with that firm lasted until 1945, although he was +absent during the war years assisting in U.S. government psychological +war efforts. Farrar and Rinehart was later absorbed by Henry Holt. + +As a young editor in New York, Farrar volunteered in 1922 for the +organizing committee of an American chapter of PEN (originally Poets, +Essayists and Novelists) founded in England the year before by Sappho +(Amy Dawson Scott) to foster support of visiting foreign writers. +PEN grew quickly to become an international advocate for freedom of +expression and continues its activism to this day. (See http://www.pen.org) + +After the Second World War, the American chapter of PEN foundered for +lack of direction. Farrar, co-principal of the newly formed publishing +house of Farrar, Straus and Company, now Farrar, Straus and Giroux, +stepped in to refocus its energies and recruit dozens of new members. +He served as president twice, once from 1951-1953 and again from 1963-1965. + +In his roles as both and editor and a publisher, Farrar had a lasting +impact on literature through the years. Farrar, Straus & Giroux +has published many Nobel Laureates (20 as of 1995) and dozens of +distinguished poets and authors. It is my privilege to reprint +this etext of some of his own work for posterity. + + +- Stewart A. Levin + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's Etext of Songs for Parents, by John Farrar + diff --git a/old/sfpar11.zip b/old/sfpar11.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0c3eee --- /dev/null +++ b/old/sfpar11.zip |