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	Robin Redbreast. Concluded.



	59. The Carrier Dove.

	German Air. Arr. by B. E. H.



	[Note:-One child is chosen to represent the mother who is seated at some distance from the ring. Three or four children represent carrier doves, perched" near the mother. Themother hangs a letter (previously folded by the children, at the table) around the neck of one of the dove. With the words,"Little bird, you are,&c" the children in the ring raise theirarms, "open the windows," to admit the dove who "flies" into the ring, "alights" (kneels) at the feet of some child, and sings the second stanza. The child addressed takes the letter from the bird's neck. The children of the ring sing the third stanza, and at the words, "Fly away &c." the dove "flies" back to the mother. Another dove is then sent out by the mother and the song repeated. 49