A Joyful Song Of Five

Come, let us all sing very high

And all sing very loud

And keep on singing in the street

Until there's quite a crowd;

And keep on singing in the house

And up and down the stairs;

Then underneath the furniture

Let's all play Polar bears;

And crawl about with doormats on,

And growl and howl and squeak,

Then in the garden let us fly

And play at hid and seek;

And "Here we gather Nuts and May,"

"I wrote a Letter" too,

"Here we go round the Mulberry Bush,"

"The Child who lost its shoe";

And every game we ever played.

And then—to stay alive—

Let's end with lots of Birthday Cake

Because to-day you're five.