Songs, Recitations and Poems

Pages 48 - 49

Performed by the children at the fair

THE FLAG OF THE FREE. - Spoken by CHAUNCY PERRY

When our Fathers of yore
Sought a home on this shore,
They resolved it should be
The home of the free
The flag they unfurled
 Proclaimed to the world
That defiance to tyrants
They evermore hurled

This flag with its bars 
And its group of bright stars, 
And its red, white and blue, 
Still to freedom is true. 
And the eagle, whose eye 
Pierces ocean and sky, 
Is perched on its standard, 
All foes to descry. 
"The flag of our country! 
O, long may it wave 
O'er the land of the free, 
And the home of the brave."

WHAT THE CHILDREN DID FOR THE FAIR - ANNIE CHANDLER

Well, Jamie he brought a pumpkin, 
The largest that could be found.
He had asked for seed, the vine from which 
"Would cover an acre of ground."

And Sammy, he raised a melon, 
So luscious, and ripe, and red, 
That for fear the family'd eat it, 
He hid it under his bed.

And Susie, she gathered cranberries, 
And down on her bended knees,
As she put them one by one in her pail, 
"The freedmen," she said, "shall have these."

Little Jacob raised potatoes
"Not one of them should be little ; 
The largest kind of White Elephants, 
Only one would fill a kettle !"

"These eggs that were laid by my Bantam,"
Rachael said to her younger brother, 
"I'll give to the little boys and girls 
Who haven't a father or mother."

Baby Mabel sat in her rocking-chair 
Carefully tending her dolly, 
She gave it a hug, and swallowed a sob, 
"Mama, I'll give little Polly."

HARVEST SONG - By all the Children

We welcome with gladness
The joyful harvest days, 
We banish all sadness
And tune our lips to praise. 

The reapers mow the whitening grain, 
The fruits are ripe on hill and plain.
Rejoice! rejoice! the land is full of plenty! 
Rejoice! rejoice! the harvest time has come!

We welcome with gladness 
The joyful harvest days,
We banish all sadness
And tune our lips to praise. 
In autumn glory, field and wood
Proclaim the Lord our God is good! 
Rejoice! rejoice! the land is full of plenty!
Rejoice! rejoice! the harvest time has come.

Sandwich Shop

Kleta Dudley - August 2010

James Roger diary entry

11th August 1913

Quite a cold morning and dry wind north. David in Store for Wilbur who is still sick. I picked 2 chickens for Miss Palmer and put some wood down the wood cellar. Got parcel from John Stewart of Hotel Astor Coffee.

Upcoming Event

163rd Children’s Fair - August 17, 2024

• New Ipswich Congregational Church

• 150 Main Street, New Ipswich, NH

• 10 AM - 3 PM

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