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SCHOOL SONG KNAPSACK.


Teachers Hymn (Tune, "John Brown." Pat's Pick, page 90; Franklin Square No. 2, page 117.) 2 Flats. We can hear the steady tramp of a vast and youthful throng, They come with eager footsteps and a light and cheer ful song ; It is ours to lead the tender feet the paths of truth along, As we are working on. Chorus—We work for God and home and freedom, We work for God and home and freedom, We work for God and home and freedom, Shall be the teachers' song. No higher, nobler duty ever claimed the mind and hand; No other field of labor calls for hearts more true and grand; The mind that soon shall have control of this our happy iand, Are trusted to our care.—Cho. Our country calls us to the work and cheers us as we go; With battle-ax of truth and right we fight her strongest foe, We kindle Freedom's deathless fires from hill to valley low, All over this beauteous land.—Cho. Sowing seeds of useful knowledge is the task for you and me, God grant that in his garden we may labor faithfully, And remember that our sowing is for eoernity, Shall be the teachers' prayer. Chorus—God grant that we may sow with wisdom, God grant that we may sow with wisdom, God grant that we may sow with wisdom, Shall be the teachers' prayer.

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