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SUMMER-DAY SONG by HILDA CONKLING

First Line: WILD BIRDS FLY OVER ME / I AM NOT THE BLUE CURTAIN OVERHEAD
Last Line: COULD NOT KNOW OF.

WILD birds fly over me.
I am not the blue curtain overhead,
I am the one who lives under the sky.
I swing to the tree-tops,
I pick strawberries,
I sing and play,
And happiness makes me like a great god
On the earth.
It makes me think of great things
A little girl like me
Could not know of.



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