Oklahoma Arbor and Bird Day, Friday, March Twelfth, 1909/Part One: Arbor Day/Song of Dedication—An Arbor Day Tree
SONG OF DEDICATION—AN ARBOR DAY TREE.
(Air: "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.")
The tree we are planting on this day.
Is chosen with tenderest care;
May beauty adorn it, hereafter,
And clothe it with usefulness rare.
May green leaves appearing each springtime
Be leaves of a fair book of fame,
And spread to the breezes the story
Extalling the new-given name.
The tree is an emblem of greatness.
As springing from one tiny seed,
It mounts ever upward and onward,
An emblem of greatness, indeed!
The birds sing its praises to others,
The winds carry swiftly the tale
The tree is the monarch of forest,
Of hill, valley, greenwood, and dale.
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