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.
