Columbus Day

 Columbus Day Exercise 

(HYMN) 

By Alice E Allen 

(May be recited by four children each giving one stanza or by three all giving last.)

A little ship, 
An ocean wide,
 A troubled crew, 
So terrified.

A captain who, 

From dusk to dawn, 

Gave this command- 

"Sail on! Sail on!"

A bird, a branch,

With berries red, 

A light-oh joy, 

Land, land ahead!

The flag of Spain 

Proudly unfurled- 

Columbus finds 

Our own New World!

(Our own School sings first and last of "America")  
 

ORIGINAL  HYMN SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL  MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR OCTOBER  1927 

THE ORIGINAL  HYMN OF THE PURITAN SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE ORIGINAL  RECITATION AND THE  MOTION SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR OCTOBER  1927 

THIS HYMN WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS THE MOTION SONG FOR THE PLAY ABOUT THE PILGRIMS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE COLUMBUS DAY.