"I'd like to hear you." "Why, of course we will; would you like to hear some of our original songs ?" "Yes, indeed! Do you make songs yourself ?" "Oh, we always make our own songs.

Home-made songs are ever so much better than boughten ones.

They fit better and wear longer.

We don't make the tunes, though; we just appropriate those.

First we'll sing you 'The Song of the House.'" This was sung to the air of "The Kerry Dance," and the whole family joined their voices with Nan's, and all sang with great spirit.
Come, oh, come to the Hurly-Burly, Come and join in the jolly fun That begins in the morning early, And continues till day is done.
Sailing, swimming, walking, riding,-- On the land or on the sea; At the Hurly-Burly biding, We're as happy as we can be.
Oh, the jollity, oh, the gayety, Just come down and see; CHORUS:--Come, oh, come, etc.
Sometimes we take sandwiches of chick, And go off on a merry pick-a-nick; Sometimes we in hammocks idly swing, At other times we only sit and si-i-ng-- CHORUS:--Come, oh, come, etc.
"That's beautiful," said Patty when they had finished the song.