i\m o o Q UC-NRLF B M 5D0 M51 Tl?c/ niSLiSHeo Bv Lo* Aitoa, California Elite Music Co. m c- • The Children's Lark by Leila France * Published by Elite Music Co. Los Altos, Calif. Copyright lfll7 by Leila France Mc Dermolt. ClikM ^.. A^CO The Children's Lark A collection of song themes, taken from the songs of the Meadow Lark of California. These Larks sing all the year, and from daylight until dark. There is a great variety of themes. These words have been writ- ten to suit young children, and take the Lark through the day; beginning in the morning, and stopping at dark THE AUTHOR 377850 Contents NS Page 1. Hear the Meadow Lark 6 2. Early in the Morning 7 3. Far and Near We are Calling. ... 8 4. O, Little Boy, Little Girl 9 5. It is Time to Get Up 10 6. Now won't You Come and See My Nest . 12 7. We are Happy as can Be 13 8. My Nest is Full of Little Birdies ... 14 9. We are Hiding, Hiding in the Grass . . 15 10. We don't Love the City . . . . . 17 11. We Love the Country So . . . . . 18 12. We have a Concert every Day. ... 19 Contents 13. On the Telephone Wire . 14. Each Little Bird has a Song. 15. We have Worms for Dinner 16. Do You Hear the Bugle Call?. 17. O, I Can Dance the Highland Fling 18. Happy as a Lark 19. I'm So Glad the Rain is Stopping 20. You Can't Catch Me, Little Girlie. 21. It is Time for Bed 22. Go to Bed at Dark .... 23. Sleep, Little Girl, Sleep, Little Boy 24. The Meadow Lark MARCH . Page 20 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 i^w Rather slotv Rather slow ^ V- t )- t Hear the mea - dow - lark. ^ Rather fast Rather fast a J' J ir r r F^ ?: Ear - ly in the morn - ing. 8 Sloivly ii -H i f rr rr ^ Slowly Far and near we are call - int 9 Quietly il' il F \ ^ .'i ^ - i Quietly ± -.t ^ ^ t O lit - tie boy, ^?=^ fc t ■^ 7=t -^—^ O lit - tie girl, Wak - en 10 t}^;i ^ njjhis ^ Now it is time to get up. ^ 12 |te Fast -0-0- Now wont you come and see my nest. 13 Happily l^^\> 'i ^ j » l| J *l b, X Mi'r^'^ I ^ ^ We are hid - ing, hid-ing in the grass. 17 Loud and fast j.i>ii n \ n .n il t Loud and fast i Y~f\ E i We dont love the Cit - y. 18 {I'lfu n' t Slowly i tt=? ^ We love the coun - try so. 19 Slowly 4^i\ p l ^^JJ/p Slowly ^^ 7 If r "^ * § i 5 We have a con - cert ev - ery day, 20 Loud and fast Loud and fast i ^ fc On the tel - e - phone wire, 22 Not too fust f ijmj;/3>> Not too fast 1 ;=¥= ^ ^ \^ ==- ^ ¥ ^^ Each lit - tie bird has a song. 23 Fn&t _»j mm m~ ^ t /^'as/ ^ Si \) h j> :^ We have worms for din - ner. 24 In military style S ^^ ^ dtr fczs /w military style m f Do you hear the bu - gle call, fe-— fe H? =! ^ ? Are you com - ing to the ball , 25 Gayly ^\\^ v\ y 'i i t Gayly ^ ^ Pg K tl K ll £ ^ Oh I can dance the High-land Fling , 27 Slowly j# i nv SloTtly ± i V ? i Hap - py as a lark. 28 Sappily ^^ IH Happily ^m h IM) K h :^ I'm so glad the rain is stop-ping, E^^^ t=t=^ 5 ^ On the clothes line I am hop -ping. 29 Merrily - JHi rP^rrrP Merrily 5: i ^E5 li 7 r F ^ ^ You cant catch me lit - tie girl - ie 30 Loud and slow A A f'> M ra Loud and slow A A. ?: i ^ It is time for bed. 32 Fust ■ n n > Fast Like the mea dow lark, £ ^ V t Go to bed at dark 83 Slon-ly_, softly ^=Bgr^ ^a ^ Slon'ly. soft/y a ^» ^ ir 4 i t Sleep lit - lie boy, ^ ^ X Sleep lit - tie girl, Sleep 34 Allegretto THE MEADOW LARK MARCH ji cr i [;M i LEILA FRANCE f ¥^ ^^ p i^ 5^ ^ I ^ ^P ^->=^ c T i 35 m m n Ft fie. ^ f fe ^ fa^^-^^ l E/^^ ^^ ^ ^^__5_ ^S D. C. al Fine. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOENIA LIBKABY, BERKELEY THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW Books not returned on toe are l-^lf^-.-JZ^fg 50c per volume after the third day overo , ^^^ .^ %^'SS.ZT^net{^r\A'ol is made before expiration of loan period. VD 03259 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY THE WHITE HOUSE Sm FFANCISCO BOOKS Songs For School Use FOR THE LOWER GRADES Seven Heart Songs ..... Five Little Song Pictures . - . - . Ten Songs in higher key, (or school use - FOR THE HIGHER GRADES Old Flag Forever, large copy - - Leaflets, Old Flag Forevo* /. l oe • Leaflets. "49" |lc each; 25 copies - Elite Music Company Leila France McDermott Lo8 Altos, - - California