SPRINGTIME--1924

There is joy in the song of the blithesome birds,
There is beauty in radiant bloom
Of flowers that welcome the coming of spring,
Banishing gray winter's gloom.

The rhythm of streams that go purring along,
The trees, waving banners of green,
The sunshine and shadow on blue mountain sides,
The verdure of valleys between.

For the skies that are blue and the glory of earth,
Let us be merry and sing,
Our hearts, in tune with the warbling birds,
Gladly proclaiming the spring.

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