Repository: UIHistories Project: Illio - 1896 [PAGE 56]

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In the Chapel on Tuesdays, the song of a bird. But in a few weeks all the singing was stopped, And the subject of music in " Prepdom " was dropped. The holidays passed like a bright marriage bell For then " Ma and the folks " must be seen for a spell. But on tbeir return, though they seemed quite at home, Yet around and around, as if silly, they'd roam. 65