3.  Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
       Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation. 
       Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
       Praise the pow’r that has made and preserved us a nation. 
       Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
       And this be our motto—­“In God is our trust,”
       And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
       O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

II.—­The March.

Suggestions.—­See that the children keep step to the air
of the song.  Arrange them according to size, the smallest
first, that the column may present a picturesque appearance.

MARCHING SONG.

[Illustration:  Music notation]

1.  There’s Springtime in the air
When the happy robin sings,
And earth grows bright and fair,
Covered with the robe she brings.

Cho. March, oh, march, ’tis Arbor Day,
Joy for all and cares away;
March, oh, march, from duties free
To the planting of the tree.

2.  There’s Springtime in the air
When the buds begin to swell,
And woodlands, brown and bare,
All the summer joys foretell.—­Cho.

3.  There’s Springtime in the air
When the heart so fondly pays
This tribute, sweet and rare,
Which to mother earth we raise.—­Cho.

III.—­Exercises at the Tree-Planting.

=1.  PLANTING OF TREES.= (ONE OR MORE).

=2.  SONG.=

PLANTING THE TREE.

[Illustration:  Music notation]

    Gather we here to plant the fair tree;
    Gladsome the hour, joyous and free,
    Greeting to thee, fairest of May! 
    Breathe sweet the buds on our loved Arbor Day. 
    Gather we now, the sapling around,
    Singing our song—­let it resound: 

    Refrain.
      Happy the day!  Happy the hour! 
      Joyous we, all of us, feel their glad power.

    Shovel and spade, trowel and hoe,
      Carefully dig up the quick-yielding ground;
    Make we a bed, softly lay low
      Each little root with the earth spread around;
    Snug as a nest, the soil round them pressed,
    This is the home that the rootlings love best.

    Refrain.

    Moisten and soften the ground, ye Spring Rains;
    Swell ye the buds, and fill ye the veins,
    Bless the dear tree, bountiful Sun;
    Warm thou the blood in the stem till it run;
    Hasten the growth, let leaves have birth,
    Make it most beautiful thing of the earth.

    Refrain.

    —­[DR. E.P.  WATERBURY]

=3.  RECITATIONS.=

     NOTE.—­One or more of the recitations may be given with the
     planting of each tree, the number depending upon the number
     of trees planted.