. . . primary song book . . .

. . . this tattered little brown book 

is such a treasure to me . . .

. . . for one thing, it's a song book . . .

. . . and i do love music . . .

. . . but, for another thing, 

it belonged to my sweet grandma . . .

. . . i'm sure it was hers . . .

. . . look --- she signed it three times! . . .

. . . published seventy-one years ago, 

these were the songs 

my mom would have sung in primary . . .

. . . i took the book to church yesterday . . .

. . . i played this ↓ hymn as a postlude . . .

. . . it's one of my favorite patriotic tunes . . .

. . . and i remember learning it as a child . . .

. . . my grandma probably taught it to me . . .

. . . and i can't really sing 

or even hum or whistle it 

without doing the actions 

during the chorus . . .

. . . i love the instructions . . .

. . . especially number four . . .

. . . i don't know if i've ever paid attention

 to the "marches" section 

of this little book before . . .

. . . but i did find this sweet ditty in there . . .

. . . think i'll try to play it today . . .

. . . i just have one question . . .

. . . will the house magically clean itself 

while i play the piano? . . .