Song for a Company of Children
Children goTo and fro,In a merry, pretty row,Footsteps light,Faces bright;’Tis a happy sight.Swiftly turning round and round,Never look upon the ground,Follow me,Full of glee,Singing merrily.
Birds are free;So are we;And we live as happily.Work we do.Study too,For we learn “twice two;”Then we laugh, and dance, and sing,Gay as larks upon the wing;Follow me,Full of glee,Singing merrily.
Work is done,Play’s begun;Now we have our laugh and fun;Happy days,Pretty plays,And no naughty ways.Holding fast each other’s hand,We’re a little happy band;Follow me,Full of glee,Singing merrily.