25 MARCH 1911, Page 17

A SONG FOR THE CHILDREN'S CORONATION FESTIVAL.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—You ask for a song for children to ring at the

Coronation FestivaL We sing the enclosed from "Puck of Pooks Hill" to Tune 129 Ancient and Modern. The village children love it. It has those qualities of simplicity and grandeur which make unison singing so effective.—I am, [The poem is "The Children's Song," which begins as

"Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee, Ohr love and toil in years to be ;

When we are grown and take our place As men and women with our race. - "Father in Heaven, who lovest all, Oh, help Thy children when they call's- That they may build from age to age An undefiled heritage." •

ED. Spectator.]

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