MUSINGS OVER OLD PRESSA: WINTER SONG 1912- WINTER

THE MAGAZINE FOR EDUCATORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE USA- POPULAR EDUCATOR- MONTH JANUARY, YEAR 1912.

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE WINTER SONG- WINTER, BY MAY GILLINGTON( MRS. G.F. BYRON) AND ANNIE E.ARMSTRONG

From Action Songs Ltd London
Book I Words and Actions by May Gillington the Music by Annie E Armstrong
Published by J Curwen & Sons; From Ltd London

1 Sing a rhyme of winter time
With frosty winds a blowing

Frozen tides and (1) merry slides

And (2) scarlet berries glowing !

Skaters skim on river's brim

And timid birds are bolder

(3) Robin comes to seek for crumbs

When snowy days grow colder

2 (4) In the farm with lifted arm

The sturdy thresher labors

(5) Snow balis round in air that bound

And( 2 )scarlet berries glowing

Are (6) scaring all the neighbors

(5_ Some folks sing of flowRy spring

And some of summer's graces

\But winter skies give sparkling eyes

And laughing rosy faces

DIRECTIONS

Children stand in double row

I .All face sideways and slide right foot along

2 Face round again and point with left hand upwards

3 Take imaginary crumbs from left hand palm upward and scatter them out with

right hand looking down

SECOND VERSE

4 Throw body back from waist without throwing head back both hands firmly closed

as though holding a flail in front of right shoulder. Continue until

5 Pick up from ground and draw closed hand back on a level with ear in act to throw

imaginary snowball

6 Left arm horizontally before face in defensive attitude

7 Point upwards with left hand

ADDING THE NOTE SHEET

SECOND SONG

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- SNOWBALL GAME- BY MARY A. STILLMAN.

THE NATIONAL PORTUGUESE TUNE. PLAYED WITH A RUBBER BALL IN MUSIC LESSONS.

as if making and throwing snowballs while the child in the center sings the next four lines .

During the chorus the circle is formed again .The child hits some one with the rubber ball and the one who is hit takes his place in the middle for the

next game.

We're Eskimo children who live in the snow,

We laugh and are happy wherever we go;

We shout and we frolic, we scamper and run,

We snowball each other, oh that is such fun!

Now I'll be the target, and if I am hit

With one of your snowballs, I won't care a bit.

And then I'll hit you for I very well know

I never can hurt you with balls made of snow.

Chorus

Our jackets are thick and we very well know

Twill do us no harm to be pelted with with snow

One child is in the middle of the circle holds a rubber ball. The other skip around the ring while singing four lines then stop and motion,

THE SONG FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE- PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND

Education XX A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS JANUARY 1912 LLEDOR 14 1942 NUMBER 1; 00 fre VOLUME XX PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLISHED BY THE PRIMARY EDUCATION COMPANY 50 BROMFIELD STREET BOSTON