SONGS for CHILDREN, SONG XVII

Morning now is past away, On the fields the sun-beams play; From the school returning soon, See good boys go home at Noon.

Naughty children sometimes stay, Kept from dinner and from play; You, my dear, and Kitty too, Come the pleasing scene to view.

Now before the dinner's got, Let us walk to that green plot; If the sun too sultry prove, We may seek the shady grove.

There your play-fellows you'll find, They have left us far behind: In the shed in yonder dale! Dolly tends her cleanly pail!

Don't you see the useful cow? Don't you hear the creature low? Thus she gives her store when due, For syllabubs and puddings too.

Still her milk for you shall flow, Thither dearest let us go; There while we shall sport and play, Noon-tide hour will pass away.