And each one took to flight;
But every bird was happy
When he bade his love good-night.
JANUARY
With merry chimes and merry times
We'll greet the new year bright;
We'll turn a page that's new in age
And try to keep it white.
We'll look ahead and never dread
The wind in all his whirls,
For winter days and winter plays
Are good for boys and girls.
The wind will blow and drift the snow
O'er lakes and frozen rills;
But what care we? we'll happy be
A-coasting down the hills!
We'll build our forts for winter sports,
And make a man of snow;
And then we'll skate upon the lake,
And let the cold wind blow.
We like the ice and think it nice,
And wish 'twould always tarry;
Of all the year we hold most dear
The month of January.
FEBRUARY
The jolly month of winter time
Has called around once more;
And Mr. Ground-hog will be out
To tell us winter is not o'er.
He'll walk about in pig-ship style,
And, ere the day is done,
He'll freeze his nose and chill his toes
And wish he hadn't come.
Then soon will come old Valentine
With lots of fun to see;
He'll have a face that looks like you,
And one that looks like me.
And next will come a birthday
Of one who once was great--
We'll dance and shout and all turn out
And help to celebrate
The birth of one who never lied,
And thus he lived until he died--
George Washington.
MARCH
The month of March has come again
With blowing, snowing blast;
The winds are piercing in their search,
But come too late to last.
But as the month will onward march,
The winds will warmer grow;
Until 'tis seen the earth is green
And vanished has the snow.
Then comes the sweetest time of all,
When sap flows up the tree;
When sugar-makers busy are
A-making cakes for me.
For I'm the girl who likes the cakes
Made from that sugar sweet--
They're better far than all the gum
That's chewed upon the street.
This is the time I like so well
And wish 'twere always here.
Of all the months that call around
I think March sweetest of the year.
APRIL
The welcome month of April,
With sunshine and with showers,
Sets all the buds to swelling
And brings the early flowers.
And nature now has wakened
From her long and wintry sleep,
And dandelions are peeping
In the grasses at our feet.
The bullfrog loud is calling
From the pond or running stream,
And the nesting birds are cooing
In their early "love's young dream."
The hop-toad in the cellar
Thinks he'll take a look without,
And old shanghi on the fence
Crows and flops his wings about.
And I am just as happy
As the butterfly or bee,
For the showery month of April
Is a welcome month to me.
MAY
The sweetest time of all the year
Is when the month of May draws near.
The air is sweet with rich perfume
That comes from apple-trees in bloom.
The peach-tree sheds its fragrance too,
And sips alike its share of dew.
The lilac blooms and shows its right
To make this month a flowery sight.
The pansy lifts her welcome face
From out her long-leaved hiding-place.
The violet blossoms as of old
And shows her color true as gold.
The brooks they ripple as they go
From brink to brink, in ceaseless flow.
The lark sails high on upward wing--
All Nature's glad to greet the spring.
The wild flowers blossom in the wood,
And all proclaim that God is good.
Of all the months I'd have to stay
It is the flowery month of May.
JUNE
The month of June brings roses sweet,
And daisies blooming at our feet;
When Nature sings her sweetest tune,
'Tis in the balmy month of June.
And glad vacation June will bring,
Then old school bells will cease to ring,
But wedding bells their sweet refrain
Will ring and ring out just the same.
Now lilies white upon the stream,
In early morning will be seen;
And cherries ripe upon the tree
Are tempting to the birds and me.
So robin hops from limb to limb,
And seems to think they're all for him;
And gets his share, and even more,
Before the cherry time is o'er.
This is the month that suits me best,
And I love it better than all the rest;
I'd always sing the same gay tune,
If all the months were just like June.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Text in italics is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the
original.