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Sing a Song of Subways

Sing a Song of Subways

by Eve Merriam

Sing a song of subways, Never see the sun;

Four-and-twenty people In room for one.

When the doors are opened— Everybody run.

Rudolph Is Tired of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks

These buildings are too close to me.

I’d like to [push]{.smallcaps} away.

I’d like to live in the country, And spread my arms all day.

I’d like to spread my breath out, too— As farmers’ sons and daughters
do.

Song of the Train

by David McCord

Clickety-clack, Wheels on the track, This is the way They begin the
attack: Click-ety-clack, Click-ety-clack, Click-ety, clack-ety,
Click-ety Clack.

Clickety-clack, Over the crack, Faster and faster The song of the track:
Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack, Clickety, clackety, Clackety.

Clack.

Riding in front, Riding in back, Everyone hears The song of the track:
Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack, Clickety, clickety, Clackety Clack.

I’d tend the cows and chickens. I’d do the other chores.

Then, all the hours left I’d go A-SPREADING out-of-doors.

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