Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg
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(The following verses are to be sung by the school to the air,
"Wait for the Wagon." During the singing of the first stanza and chorus, the fourteen boys and girls divide off into couples and march around, elevating and lowering the wands in time to music. During the second stanza they form two opposite lines, with wands crossed overhead, couples marching under the arches formed and back again to places. Third stanza, the opposite lines pass forward and back, cross to other side, partners passing each other, then back once more, and turn partners into place in a line forming "Merry Christmas" again.) Oh, Christmas, merry Christmas! Thy call we must obey, And carry fadeless garlands In honor of the day. _Chorus_ (_to be sung after each verse_).-- All hail, merry Christmas! Hail, merry Christmas! All hail, merry Christmas, The evergreen day. Oh, Christmas, merry Christmas! With laughter, song, and play, How gayly pass the hours Of that dear, happy day.--_Chorus_. Oh, Christmas, merry Christmas! Quite old, but never gray, |
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