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Birds singing in the dark—Rainy dawn

"When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle on me knees,
An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up the breeze - Jist a bit o' 'Bonnie Mary' or 'Long Way to Tipperary' -Then I know I'm in Australia, took an' planted overseas

Out yonder in the moonlight, wherein God's Acre lies,
Go angels walking to and fro, singing their lullabies
Their radiant wings are folded, and their eyes are bended low,
As they sing among the beds whereon the flowers delight to gr...

An Elf sat on a twig,
He was not very big,
He sang a little song,
He did not think it wrong;

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for wo...