Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="ANOTHER_SURE_SIGN" id="ANOTHER_SURE_SIGN"></SPAN>ANOTHER SURE SIGN</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When pink-cheeked on every hand<br/></span> <span class="i0">Little girls are seen to stand<br/></span> <span class="i0">Turning skipping ropes,&mdash;<i>swish-swash!</i>&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">While their laughing playmates run<br/></span> <span class="i0">Jumping over,&mdash;oh, what fun!&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2"><i>Swish-swash! Swish-swash!</i><br/></span> <span class="i0">Two and two now, see them dash!<br/></span> <span class="i2"><i>One, two, one, two,</i><br/></span> <span class="i0">Round they scamper, safely through,<br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>Swish-swash!</i> such merry skipping,<br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>One, two,</i>&mdash;some one is tripping!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ah, she's out now and must pay<br/></span> <span class="i0">Turning rope while others play!<br/></span> <span class="i0">See the bobbing golden curls,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Little skirts in rhythmic swirls<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</SPAN></span><span class="i0">Rising, falling, to the beat<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of the little skipping feet!<br/></span> <span class="i0">When these pretty sights appear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">It is surely very clear<br/></span> <span class="i4">April's here!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />