With do, sol and fa he
could sing through the whole book from cover to cover as good as
anybody.
When people find out what fun it is to sing by note, it is only a
step to the "Messiah," two blocks up and turn to the right, as you
might say. After that, it is only going ahead till you get to
"Vogner." Yes, and many's the day you called the hogs. Don't tell
me.
Once a month on Sunday evenings there were Sabbath-school concerts.
The young ones sat in the front seats, ten or twelve in a pew.
"Now, children," said the superintendent, "I want you all to sing
loud and show the folks how nice you can sing. Page 65. Sixty-fi'th
page, 'Scatter Seeds of Kindness.' Now, all sing out now." We
licked our thumbs and scuffled through the book till we found the
place. We scowled at it, and stuck out our mouths at it, and
shrieked at it, and bawled at it, and did the very best we knew to
give an imitation of two hundred little pigs all grabbed by the hind
leg at once. That was what made folks call it a concert.
There were addresses to the dear children by persons that teetered
on their toes and dimpled their cheeks in dried-apple smiles as us.
Some complain that they do not know how to talk to children and
keep them interested. Oh, pshaw! Simple as A B C. Once you learn
the trick you can talk to the little folks for an hour and a half
on "Banking as Related to National Finance," and keep them on the
quiver of excitement.
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