West Cumberland Times Saturday, Nov. 15, 1930 Uncle Pen-My Favourite Songs I

Uncle Pen-My Favourite Songs I

West Cumberland Times - Saturday, Nov. 15, 1930

UNCLE PEN'S ESSAY CONTEST _____   MY FAVOURITE SONGS         Prize-Winning Essay:   MY FAVOURITE SONGS       My favourite songs are lively, jolly and  interesting, such as "John Peel," "Robin Hood," "The Keel Row," and others of  the same nature. I dislike songs that are dreary and have not to be sung loudly,  such as lullaby songs and "Barbara Allen."       When singing "John Peel" I feel I am  going off with the huntsmen, and songs about Robin Hood make me think of the man  who fought so bravely against his enemies, and gives me a desire to use a bow  and arrow as accurately as he could. All the time I am singing "The Keel Row," I  think I am doing a beautiful dance in front of a great audience.       I do not like the song about "Barbara  Allen" because it makes me feel very sorry and I am hardly able to sing any  other jolly songs for thinking about Barbara Allen.       At our school we have singing lessons  twice a week, and our teacher tries to select all the jolly songs as far as  possible. Sometimes I like to sing "rounds" because it is great fun when one  division gets mixed up with the other division and starts singing the same. I  sometimes like to hear comic songs, but I never learn any of them myself.     Mabel DAVIDSON Beckermet C. E. School     *******************************

 

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