THE PIPER

Taken from the 1908 editon of A Third Reader by Spaulding & Bryce

Written by Marie Van Vorst With Illustrations by Margaret Ely Webb

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There's a strange, gaunt piper in doublet brown: Comes over to heather and over the sea;
His dwelling is neither in city nor town,: And he pipes for the wee little folk and me.

His hat is high and pointed and green,: With a sprig in the band from the holly tree,
And his smile is the merriest ever seen: In the eyes of the wee little folk and me.

He cames at the close of the winter days,: As we sit in the firelight after tea;
He steals from the corner and smiles and plays: For the tired little wee folk and me.

And what are the tunes that the piper sings: As the strange pipe trembles with melody? --
I'd liketo tell you the beautiful things: He tells to the wee little folk and me.

But they fade as soon as the piper goes: To take his journey o'er heather and sea.
Will he come to us again? Nobody knows.: Will you wait with the wee little folk and me?

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