Search just our sites by using our customised search engine

Unique Cottages | Electric Scotland's Classified Directory

Click here to get a Printer Friendly PageSmiley

Children's Rhymes. Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories
Children's Songs and Ballads - The North Wind


Yet another song of the Robin which has moistened the eyes of many a youthful vocalist. I don't know that it ever had a title, but we will call it "The North Wind".


The North wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the Robin do then, poor thing?

He will sit in the barn,
And keep himself warm,
With his little head under his wring, poor thing.

It is not claimed for these pieces that they belong to any high order of verse-- though really, in more senses than one, they belong to the very first. In point of popularity alone, they are not surpassed by "Paradise Lost," nor by the plays of Shakespeare, or the songs of Burns. Then, they have so thoroughly commanded the interest and engaged the affections of the -wee folks, that, with old and young; alike—for the young so soon grow into the old, alas!—there are no compositions in the world better secured for the honour and glory of immortal fame. They have not been very often printed, I have said— not often in recent years, at least —and the reason, I suppose, is because it was not deemed ]necessary to set out in print what everybody knows so well by heart. It must be refreshing for the eye, however, to scan what is so familiar to the ear, and I make no apology - yea, I hope to be thanked for their appearance in this little book for bairns and big folk. Let the next be...


Return to Book Index Page


 


This comment system requires you to be logged in through either a Disqus account or an account you already have with Google, Twitter, Facebook or Yahoo. In the event you don't have an account with any of these companies then you can create an account with Disqus. All comments are moderated so they won't display until the moderator has approved your comment.

comments powered by Disqus

Quantcast