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FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG by RAY CLARKE ROSE

First Line: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG WOULD I SING TO-DAY
Last Line: AS THE GOLDFINCH WARBLES ITS NOTES AWING!
Subject(s): GOLDFINCHES; NATURE; SINGING & SINGERS;
For the sake of the song would I sing to-day,
As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing,
As the brown thrush hides in the brush to sing
And the bluebird pipes in the fields of May.

Let the prophet voices preach and pray
Where the wheels and heels of traffic ring;
For the sake of the song would I sing to-day
As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing.

Ay, free as the mist in a sun-kissed bay,
When the dawn peeps over the hills of spring,
Would my soul rise high to its caroling—
For the sake of the song would I sing to-day,
As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing!



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