Swing Song

Text:  Edith Sanford Tillotson 
Music:  Bentley D. Ackley 
OHT Incipit:  

Who wants to travel to TreeTop Land?
Who wants to ride with a jolly band?
Who likes to rise like a bird on the wing?
Come and we'll go in the swing.

Off we go to and fro,
Swinging, swinging, swinging;
O what fun ev'ry one,
Singing, singing, singing;
Merry lay laughter gay,
Ringing, ringing, ringing;
Light and free as the birds are we!
O, the joy of swinging!

Who wants to see where the Robin lives?
Who wants the pleasure that flying gives?
Who loves to hear what the soft breezes sing?
Come then with us in the swing!

Off we go to and fro,
Swinging, swinging, swinging;
O what fun ev'ry one,
Singing, singing, singing;
Merry lay laughter gay,
Ringing, ringing, ringing;
Light and free as the birds are we!
O, the joy of swinging!

Who wants a peep into cloudland bright?
Who wants to follow the sunbeams' light?
Come then, the fare is the song that we bring,
Come take a trip in the swing!

Off we go to and fro,
Swinging, swinging, swinging;
O what fun ev'ry one,
Singing, singing, singing;
Merry lay laughter gay,
Ringing, ringing, ringing;
Light and free as the birds are we!
O, the joy of swinging!

The Ames Hymn Collection

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