Lyr. Add: ISLANDS
Air: Auld Lang Syne

1.
The Islands let us now repeat;
North Georgian Isles come first,
Arising from the Polar Seas,
Where Arctic storms are nursed.
2.
Melville, Bank's Land, and Sabine Isles,
Are to this group assigned;
There Byam Martin, Bathurst Isles,
Cornwallis we find.
3.
Iceland in Northern Seas behold,
Then Disco Isle survey;
Prince William Land, Southampton too,
The last in Hudson's Bay.
4.
And next we come to Newfoundland,
Then Anticosti trace;
Adjacent to St. Lawrence Gulf
Cape Breton Isle e place.
5.
South of Cape Breton as we go,
See Sable Isle arise;
But in St. Lawrence Gulf enclosed,
Prince Edward's Island lies.
6.
Then southward as our course inclines,
Nantucket Isle is seen,
And Martha's Vineyard west of that
Arrayed in brightness green.
7.
Long Island of superior size,
Now rises in our view;
To Azores next and Cape Verd Isles
Our journey we pursue.
8.
Now, o'er the ocean let us speed
To the Bermuda Isles,
a clime superlatively bless'd,
Where spring perpetual smiles.
9.
The numerous Isles, West Indies called,
In three divisions trace;
Bahamas first, then grest Antilles,
Then Lesser Antilles place.
10.
On Cuba's more extensive grounds
We presently appear;
Then to Jamaica, farther South,
And Hayti's Isle we steer.
11.
Here Porto Rico may be seen,
There Quibo Island lies,
But Revillagigedo see
More westerly arise.
12.
Then in the California Gulf,
See San Francisco set;
St. Ines there and Tiburon,
Are with Ignacio met.
13.
Vancouver's and Queen Charlotte's Isles
Are seen 'midst ocean's foam,
Both wild uncultivated tracts,
Where savage nations roam.
14.
Still farther North is Sitka Isle
And Kodiac's frozen ground;
And lastly shall Aleutian Isles
And Nunnivack be found.
(Spelling and punctuation preserved)

Now, lads and lasses, to avoid the strap and Dunce Cap, tomorrow pray tell me the current names of those Islands whose names have changed, and what they are known for today. Will anyone settle Vancouver's uncultivated tracts and chase out those heathen savages?

Then we will learn of the CAPES. The Air will be "Long, Long Ago," so have your mother play it on the piano for you. What's that, Mr. Brannigan? Yes, your father's fiddle is fine, if he knows civilized music. After you have memorized these EASY songs, we will attempt more difficult subjects, such as CIRCLES and MOTIONS OF THE GLOBE.

Other songs to be learned- Oceans, Capes, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers. Following that we will sing of the United States and Foreign Lands.

Source:
Key to Felton's Outline Maps, Part First, 1851, 48 pp. and tables, Philadelphia.

Found in a deserted cabin by my grandfather, age 11, December 4, 1885, near La Veta, Colorado, on homestead settled by his parents, following the Civil War.

Other Jog'free songs welcome!! But prefer Nineteenth Century or older for this thread.

Can anyone start a new thread on old history songs used to teach in the schools long ago?