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Played for Old John Brown.
I heard the ram's horn blow,
Blow for Old John Brown.
I saw the Bulls of Bashan --
They cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the big Behemoth --
He cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the big Leviathan --
He cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the Angel Gabriel
Great power to him assign.
I saw him fight the Canaanites
And set God's Israel free.
I saw him when the war was done
In his rustic chair recline --
By his campfire by the sea,
By the waves of Galilee.

I've been to Palestine.
WHAT DID YOU SEE IN PALESTINE?
Old John Brown.
Old John Brown.
And there he sits
To judge the world.
His hunting-dogs
At his feet are curled.
His eyes half-closed,
But John Brown sees
The ends of the earth,
The Day of Doom.
And his shot-gun lies
Across his knees --
Old John Brown,
Old John Brown.



III. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

(A Poem Game.)

"And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, . . .
she came to prove him with hard questions."


and approaching a position that gives her half of the stage.>

Men's Leader: The Queen of Sheba came to see King Solomon.

I was King Solomon,
I was King Solomon,
I was King Solomon.


Women's Leader: I was the Queen,
I was the Queen,
I was the Queen.

Both Leaders: We will be king and queen,

Reigning on mountains green,
Happy and free
For ten thousand years.


Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred oxen.

Congregation: We were the oxen.


Both Leaders: You shall feel goads no more.

Walk dreadful roads no more,
Free from your loads
For ten thousand years.


Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred sweethearts.


Congregation: We were the sweethearts.


Both Leaders: You shall dance round again,
You shall dance round again,
Cymbals shall sound again,
Cymbals shall sound again,

Wildflowers be found
For ten thousand years,
Wildflowers be found
For ten thousand years.

He goes forward to the footlights.>
Both Leaders: And every sweetheart had four hundred swans.

Congregation: We were the swans.


Both Leaders: You shall spread wings again,
You shall spread wings again,

Fly in soft rings again,
Fly in soft rings again,
Swim by cool springs
For ten thousand years,
Swim by cool springs,
For ten thousand years.

whenever it is needed to enable the women's leader to get to
her starting point. All the refrains may be likewise used.>
Men's Leader: King Solomon,
King Solomon.

Women's Leader: The Queen of Sheba asked him like a lady,
indicating a great rose garden.>
Bowing most politely:
"What makes the roses bloom