Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="THE_RAINY_DAY" id="THE_RAINY_DAY"></SPAN>THE RAINY DAY</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Let's sail all day, away, away<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the splendid Spanish Main<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the sultry seas of the Caribbees<br/></span> <span class="i2">And skies that never rain!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">As pirates bold with bags of gold<br/></span> <span class="i2">And cutlasses and things,<br/></span> <span class="i0">We'll pack doubloons and silver spoons<br/></span> <span class="i2">In chests with iron rings.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And these we'll carry and secretly bury<br/></span> <span class="i2">In cannibal isles afar;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Like Captain Kidd, when they're safely hid<br/></span> <span class="i2">We won't tell where they are.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Let's sail all day, away, away<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the splendid Spanish Main<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the sultry seas of the Caribbees<br/></span> <span class="i2">&mdash;But at night sail home again!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />