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Sing for 4-H and Let\u2019s Give a CHEER!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

By Ron Drum, Statewide 4-H Program Professional\/Associate Director 4-H Resource Development<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Tis the Season to be singing; Fa la la la la la la la la!
\nNot so loud my ears are ringing; Fa la la la la la la la la!<\/p>\n

Singing songs, playing games, giving cheers, and having fun have long been part of the 4-H movement. Many 4\u2011H Clubs, along with the usual offices of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, will elect additional officers such as \u201cReporters\u201d and \u201cPhotographers\u201d; and they often will include a \u201cSong Leader\u201d or perhaps a \u201cRecreation Leader\u201d if the Song Leader will also be leading games.<\/p>\n

Singing and group games bring people together, build community. I guess it has something to do with feeling good about achieving a mutual goal, like \u201cperfect\u201d harmony (a-hem) or everyone having the same experience, such as getting dizzy after spinning around three times while holding your forehead on the butt of a baseball bat and keeping the tip of the bat on the ground. Just TYPING that made me a tad dizzy so I guess it is a bad example unless you have ever actually done this and therefore know what the heck I am talking about. Anyway, the goal is to get to the point where everyone can say, \u201cWe DID it!\u201d and then want to retell the story in years to come while sitting around a campfire or a lava lamp or something.<\/p>\n

Note of warning: As with the October post, \u201c4-H Clubs, 1 2 3, 4-H Clubs for you and ME!<\/a>\u201d, this post is quite long. However, I think (hope?) you will find it quite a pleasure to read. It might even give you some ideas for YOUR 4-H Club and\/or event activities! So on we push!!<\/p>\n

When the National 4-H Supply Service started up in 1925, they put out a small booklet they called \u201cThe 4-H Handy Book.<\/em>\u201d In it they included not only the supplies they were selling, such as 4-H Hats and 4-H Pennants, but also pieces of useful information. The Handy Book for 1931, for example, included such information as how to run a business meeting, goals for all 4-H\u2019ers, the 4-H Pledge with the hand motions to go with it, an explanation of the 4-H colors, and, of course, a number of pages of songs and games \u201cappropriate\u201d for 4-H Members.<\/p>\n

One of the games that appears in the 1931 Handy Book is called the \u201cSuit-Case Game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each contestant has a suit-case and an umbrella. In the suit-case are a hat, a coat, gloves, and any other clothing desired, so long as the contents are uniform. At a given signal all contestants run to the goal, open the suit-cases, put on the clothes, close the suit-cases, open the umbrellas, and run to the starting point. The use of the relay plan adds greatly to the excitement.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sounds like a pretty fun, and funny, game! Except, if I were leading this game, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d include the umbrella. Sounds to me like a recipe for disaster if I\u2019ve ever heard one! But the rest would be very funny indeed!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another one, with a tad bit less opportunity for someone to get hurt. It\u2019s called \u201cThe Laughing Game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Players are seated in a circle. The first player starts with the word \u201cHa,\u201d the second says, \u201cHa, ha,\u201d the third, \u201cHa, ha, ha,\u201d and so on, each one in turn adding one more \u201cHa\u201d than has been made by his neighbor. In each case the \u201cHa, ha\u2019s\u201d must be made without laughing, which is almost an impossibility. Before the circuit has been completed the entire circle is in peals of laughter. Each one guilty of laughing drops out of the game. The one remaining longest without laughing wins.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Pennsylvania 4-H\u2019ers in the 1970s we played a similar game we called \u201cHo, ho!\u201d In this game the players laid on their backs on the ground, with player two resting his or her head on player one\u2019s tummy, player three\u2019s head on player two\u2019s tummy, and so forth. Once all in place, player one would shout \u201cHO!\u201d with such force it would raise Two\u2019s head off One\u2019s tummy. Two then shouts \u201cHo, ho!\u201d, followed by Three (Ho, ho, ho!), and Four (Ho, ho, ho, ho!), and so forth, each taking their turn and adding a \u201cho\u201d when they did so, all without laughing during their turn. It was hilarious! I taught this game to 4-B Members while I was serving as a 4-B Adviser in Botswana (4-B is the Youth Development program of Botswana and is based on 4-H) and I never saw them ever finish even one round! Every time they played they just ended up rolling about and screaming with laughter!<\/p>\n

Games can come in many forms and be used for various objectives. Active games can burn off some energy. Quieter games can be a great way to \u201cbreak the ice\u201d at the start of a meeting, especially when the participants have never met each other before. Here are two games that were included under \u201cRecreation for November\u201d in the November 1937 issue of Club Echoes<\/em> (v20, #5, page 9) that seem perfect for helping people get to know each other or, as we say, \u201cbreak the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n

But first a language note. These days, we try to use language that is all-gender inclusive so everyone can feel included. That has not always been the case. As will be seen in the passages below, although no one was intended to be excluded, in earlier days, the male gender was often used alone when referring to everyone.<\/p>\n

TURKEY Letters<\/strong> — Supply each guest with an envelope, six bits of cardboard, and a pencil. Tell the first guest to write the letter \u201cT\u201d on each of the six cards and place them in the envelope. The next guest makes six \u201cU\u201d slips; the next letters his slips \u201cR\u201d; the next \u201cK\u201d; the next \u201cE\u201d; and the next \u201cY.\u201d Continue giving the letters in the word Turkey to the guests in order, each guest writing his letter on all six cards. When all have written their letter and put the six slips in the envelope, collect them. Redistribute the envelopes so that no one will know what letter in in his envelope until he opens it. Tell the guests they are to trade letters one at a time until they have obtained the word \u201cTurkey.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By the way, if I were leading this game, my instructions would include having participants ask each other their names while trading the letters to help \u201cbreak the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is another one from the same source.<\/p>\n

Dark Horse — <\/strong>Provide a pencil and paper for each player. Switch off the lights and have each player draw a picture of a horse on his card. Then, still in the darkness, draw a feed box for him, and finally print OATS on the box. Turn on the lights and enter the amazing animals in a horse show.<\/em><\/p>\n

It struck me as I typed this that the key here is for the room to be in total darkness. This could be a very funny game indeed! However, can you even find a dark room these days? Most of the public places I\u2019ve been in recently have at least a lighted EXIT sign over the door, if not emergency lighting, that is always on. Maybe the participants could be blindfolded.<\/p>\n

Some games are just for getting people thinking. Here are two more from the same source that use \u201cmatches.\u201d Click on the word \u201cmatches<\/a>\u201d if you don\u2019t know what \u201cmatches\u201d are. They were once a quite common item in any home. These days, not so much. Perhaps \u201ctoothpicks\u201d is a better option today but even THOSE are becoming a thing of the past. Anyway, here are the instructions. I\u2019ve included an image from the newsletter to provide the solutions.<\/p>\n

\"Instructions<\/a>
Puzzle 1. Arrange eight matches to form two squares and four triangles. Puzzle 2. Arrange 12 matches in 3 squares. Move two, take out two, and leave two.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Cover<\/a>In Maine, as in many states, \u201c4-H game books\u201d and \u201c4-H song books\u201d were compiled and printed. Here, for example, is The Maine 4-H Club Song Book<\/em> printed around 1934.<\/p>\n

Although most of the songs in The Maine 4-H Club Song Book<\/em> are what might be called \u201cold standbys\u201d such as \u201cThe More We Get Together\u201d and \u201cAmerica, the Beautiful,\u201d quite a number of the songs have been \u201c4-H-i-sized.\u201d Take, for instance, the \u201cBook\u2019s\u201d version of Hail! Hail! The Gangs All Here!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hail! Hail! The club\u2019s All Here!
\nDo we like our club work?
\nYes, we like our club work!
\nHail! Hail! We\u2019re full of cheer!
\nDo we like our club work? YES!<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, of course, the problem in doing it this way is that one must be familiar with the base tune. Number 10 in the book is called \u201cThe Four Leaf Clover Song.\u201d Sorry, but I don\u2019t know that song. If you do, have a sing! If you don\u2019t, perhaps make up your own tune!<\/p>\n

I know a place where the sun is like gold,
\nAnd the cherry blooms burst with snow
\nAnd down underneath is the loveliest nook,
\nWhere the four-leaf clovers grow.
\nOne leaf is for head,
\nAnd one is for hand,
\nAnd one is for Health you know,
\nAnd God put another one in for Heart
\nIf you search you will find where they grow.
\nBut you must have hope,
\nAnd you must have faith,
\nYou must love, and be strong and so,
\nIf you work, if you wait,
\nYou will find the place
\nWhere the four leaf clovers grow.<\/em><\/p>\n

And just to prove that 4-H IS fun try Number 7: WE\u2019RE HERE FOR FUN!\u201d (sung to \u201cAuld Lang Syne\u201d).<\/p>\n

We\u2019re here for fun right from the start,
\nPray drop your dignity;
\nJust laugh and sing with all your heart
\nAnd show your loyalty.<\/em><\/p>\n

Only two of the 52 songs included in the book were attributed to Mainers and only one was about 4-H. Called the \u201cFour-H Clover Song,\u201d the book says it is sung to the tune \u201cI\u2019m looking over a four-leaf clover\u201d and was written by Nancy Kelleher from South Paris.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking over a 4-H Clover,
\nThe emblem of my club.
\nOne is my HEAD,
\nThe other my HEART;
\nThe third is my HANDS
\nWith which to do my part.
\nNo use explaining
\nThe one remaining
\nIs top-most of the four.
\nYes, it\u2019s my HEALTH —
\nWith all this wealth,
\nOh, how can I ask for more!<\/em><\/p>\n

Many Maine 4\u2011H Clubs created songs and cheers of their own. I included a number of cheers in my earlier post called \u201c4-H Clubs, 1 2 3, 4-H Clubs for you and ME!<\/a>\u201d Club cheering seems to have peaked in the 1930s but who could ever forget \u201cGang-way, please, gang-way, please, Wells Ever-ready Club wants to sneeze, KERCHU!\u201d or \u201cAre we in it? Yes, we are! Four leaf clover club, RAH RAH RAH!\u201d These works of art were, apparently quite loudly, presented during events such as State Club Contest and Eastern States Exposition Camp Vail. In fact, members were encouraged to do so!<\/p>\n

Echoes from Clubdom<\/em> suggested in the September 1918 edition (v1, #4, page 7), \u201cWhenever possible clubs should start practicing cheers for the county contest.\u201d The April 1919 edition (V1, #11) included some \u201csuggestions\u201d on page 5 of which one said, \u201cCheers help out — why not elect a good cheer-leader for your club — compose some cheers — the state office will be pleased to receive any cheers used by clubs.\u201d And so, clubs sent in their cheers!<\/p>\n

Not all of them were shared, though, or so it seems. Echoes from Clubdom<\/em>, V1, #12 May 1919 on page 4 noted that \u201cKnox (Waldo County) Club\u201d had sent in some cheers adding, \u201cOne cheer especially shows their pep.\u201d Hey! What about the others!? Oh well, at least here\u2019s the one they DID share after which they added, \u201cGood — hope other clubs will catch the spirit. Send us a copy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hep — hep — all set
\nNow we\u2019re on the way
\nForward march — we\u2019ll take the starch
\nOut of spuds — Hooray!<\/em><\/p>\n

Plenty of work, don\u2019t shirk
\nWork will win the prize,
\nCome on with the tin, we\u2019re going to win
\nNow don\u2019t you look surprised.<\/em><\/p>\n

A few issues suggested cheers, sometimes called \u201cyells,\u201d that I think were written by staff, I suppose in the hope it would encourage clubs to create their own. Apparently it worked! One that was shared in 1931 seems to have been crafted right on the spot! Club Echoes<\/em>, v14, #5, November 1931 reported that seven girls from the Skillful Workers 4-H Club of Fairbanks (Farmington), the only girl\u2019s 4-H Gardening club that existed in 1931 according to the report, gave the following cheer during their October 17th<\/sup> County Contest which was, again according to the report, a rainy day!<\/p>\n

Oh, how it\u2019s raining! Gee!
\nMost everyone\u2019s face is low,
\nBut we\u2019re as happy as can be,
\n‘Cause it makes our gardens grow.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCheer\u201dful encouragement to give cheers was a constant newsletter theme until WWII. Even Counties got into the act! For example, the October 1927 edition of the Penobscot County Farm Bureau News <\/em>(V8, #7) cautioned, \u201cBetter practice up on your club cheers, songs, and state song before coming to the County Contest!\u201d<\/p>\n

Did you note the words \u201cand State Song\u201d above? Did you know Maine 4-H had a State 4-H Song? Few do. You do, if you ever visited the Page Farm and Home Museum and carefully looked over their 4-H Exhibit. There it is, the original manuscript for the State 4-H Song, notes handwritten, and words typed.<\/p>\n

\"section<\/a><\/p>\n

Note I said \u201chad a song,\u201d as in past tense. Well, I don\u2019t really know that anyone actually ever said it was no longer \u201cour song\u201d but it hasn\u2019t been used in years and, given its background, if it isn\u2019t \u201cpast tense,\u201d maybe it ought to be.<\/p>\n

Although it is uncertain exactly when the words to the Maine State 4-H Song<\/a> were written, it was introduced to the members of the Maine Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Clubs as the \u201cOfficial State Club Song\u201d by the September 1922 issue of the Extension newsletter Echoes from Clubdom<\/em> (the name \u201c4-H\u201d was not widely used in Maine until 1924). I haven\u2019t seen evidence yet on just what process was used to make it \u201cofficial\u201d however.<\/p>\n

The song\u2019s words are set to the music of \u201cMarching through Georgia<\/a>,\u201d a Civil War era song composed by Henry Clay Work in 1865<\/a>. Although it was a very popular, well-known song in the Northern states, \u201cMarching through Georgia\u201d was not, and still is not, understandably, highly regarded in the South. After all, it glorifies a very difficult chapter in American history, one that saw Union troops in 1864, led by General William Tecumseh Sherman<\/a>, march from Atlanta to Savannah<\/a> in a very successful effort to destroy the morale of the Southern States\u2019 civilian population and hasten the war\u2019s end. Morale wasn\u2019t all that was destroyed, however. Property was destroyed and lives were lost; the march was not pretty. As General Sherman once said, \u201cWar is hell.\u201d But the march did achieve its goal.<\/p>\n

Apparently desiring a Maine Club song, Extension Editor Abraham L. T. Cummings, better known as \u201cUncle Abe\u201d to the Maine 4-H\u2019ers of the 1920s and \u201930s, put words to the then popular Civil War song\u2019s music. Cummings crafted the words \u201cHere\u2019s a song to dear old Maine, the state we love so well,\u201d fitting them to the rhythms of the music almost better than the actual song\u2019s own words! More an ode to Maine than to 4-H, the song does tie club work in, especially in the chorus, singing, \u201cCome on! Come on! The Club is calling you. Come on! Come on! Let\u2019s push our projects through. In home and farm achievement there is time for pleasure too, while we are doing our club work.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Harold \u201cBrownie\u201d Brown and other state 4-H staff members I worked with in the 1990s, the song was wildly popular \u201cin its day.\u201d It was apparently sung for years at county and state 4-H events and anytime Maine 4-H\u2019ers wanted to express their connection to Maine. However, over time, with the changing of personnel, continual concerns expressed over the music\u2019s origin, and the discontinuation of specific events that incorporated the song as part of the program, the song itself became less and less known, eventually falling into disuse.<\/p>\n

By the 1990s the idea that Maine even had a \u201cstate 4-H song\u201d was so little known that the members of the 1997 State 4-H Teen Council were surprised to learn one even existed. At first they wanted to reintroduce it to their fellow Maine 4-H\u2019ers. However, given the fact that even though the words were original, the music was not, being not only \u201cborrowed\u201d but \u201cborrowed\u201d from a \u201ccontroversial\u201d song, in the end, the State 4-H Teen Council decided not to use it. They decided instead to hold a statewide competition to create a new state 4-H Song. This worthy idea, however, was never fully implemented.<\/p>\n

There are actually national 4-H songs too, although nothing so official as a national \u201canthem\u201d or anything. In 1927, a woman named Fannie R. Buchanan put words to music composed by Rena M. Parish (Fannie was a member of the Iowa State Extension Staff but I\u2019m not sure of Rena\u2019s employment status) and created two \u201c4\u2011H\u201d songs, \u201cDreaming<\/a>\u201d (for girls) and \u201cPlowing Song<\/a>\u201d (for boys). What exactly they have to do with 4-H is not clear to me. Click on them and have a listen! These were recorded by West Virginia 4-H and they even included the words so you can follow along!<\/p>\n

\"Music<\/a>
Music and words for Dreaming<\/em> and The Plowing Song<\/em> curtesy of \u201cNew England Sings,\u201d an undated song booklet, probably published in the 1950s, which lists itself as \u201cA New England Cooperative Extension Publication.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now if you want to hear them as they were FIRST recorded by Lambert Murphey, a tenor, singing the Plowing Song and Betty Martin, a soprano, singing Dreaming, visit Judy Smith in the UMaine Extension Franklin County office. Maybe, just maybe, she\u2019ll play their 4-H RCA Victor record for you! However, you have to bring the machine and the cider and snacks. Well, okay, I don\u2019t know for sure that it is the FIRST recording but I like to think so.<\/p>\n

\"4-H<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing club songs in Maine, like cheers, also seems to have peaked in the 1930s. In that previous blog, \u201c4-H Clubs, 1 2 3, 4-H Clubs for you and ME!<\/a>\u201d we included Mrs. Grindle\u2019s club song that was found on page 5 of the February 1932 issue of Club Echoes<\/em>. Written to the tune of \u201cThe Bum Song,\u201d it began, \u201cWe are the jolly 4-H clubs, we love to work and play,\u201d and included the ever ringing words, \u201cLet\u2019s try to make the better best In everything we do!\u201d<\/p>\n

Just those words alone make one want to cheer. Oh, let\u2019s not start THAT again! But how about a few more club songs! Here is one sent in by \u201cMrs. Grant.\u201d Could this be the same \u201cMrs. Grant\u201d who sent games to the 1937 newsletter mentioned above from Franklin County? The song this \u201cMrs. Grant\u201d sent appeared in the 1927 January\/February issue of Echoes from Clubdom<\/em> (v9, #7 & 8, page 2). Called \u201cWe\u2019re Ever Marching\u201d the letter says it is sung to the tune of \u201cJohn Brown\u2019s Body\u201d (which is the same tune as \u201cThe Battle Hymn of the Republic.\u201d Just saying.).<\/p>\n

The club is ever working for a state achievement seal,
\n(repeat twice as to tune)
\nAnd it expects to win.<\/em><\/p>\n

Come and join us we\u2019re club workers,
\nCome and join us we\u2019re club workers,
\nCome and join us we\u2019re club workers,
\nWe\u2019re ever marching on.<\/em><\/p>\n

It tried to do it\u2019s (sic) duty and to never fail in zeal,
\n(repeat twice as to tune)
\nFor we\u2019re always on the job.<\/em><\/p>\n

The county helps to make the work of splendid benefit,
\n(repeat twice as to tune)
\nTo all who join the club.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join head and heart and hand and health, and let us stick to it,
\n(repeat twice as to tune)
\nAnd so keep marching on.<\/em><\/p>\n

The year 1927 must have been a good year for 4-H Club songs! The Echoes from Clubdom<\/em> letters for May and June each included a club song as well. The May letter\u2019s song was sent in by the \u201cIvy Club of Litchfield\u201d (v9, #11, page 4). This club not only had a song, but a Motto as well: \u201cEver climbing.\u201d Sung to \u201cYankee Doodle,\u201d Ivy\u2019s song is rather lengthy — even the newsletter apparently didn\u2019t print all the verses saying, \u201cHere are a few verses of their club song.\u201d Following their lead, here are even FEWER of the verses, like just the first and the chorus!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re willing worker (sic) of the Ivy Club
\nOur Motto\u2019s \u201cEver Climbing\u201d
\nWe cook and sew and wash and scrub
\nYou never hear us whining.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ivy Club Oh keep it up
\nLet us falter never
\nMind you do your very best,
\nAnd keep it climbing ever.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then in the 1927 June edition of Echoes from Clubdom<\/em>, on page 3 (v9, #12), appeared the South Jefferson Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Club song, sung to the tune \u201cMy Mother and Father were Irish.\u201d I never heard that song but then, I\u2019m not Irish! It is long too, so I\u2019m just giving the highlights.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. My Mother and Father were farmers, (repeat twice as to tune), And I\u2019m a farmer too.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. They fed their chickens on dry mash, (repeat twice), And I feed mine so, too.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. They raised the pig by a formula (repeat twice), They raised me that way, too.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. They both belonged to the Farm Bureau, (repeat twice), I belong to the 4-H Club.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don\u2019t know. That just doesn\u2019t seem to end right to me but, again, I don\u2019t know the tune and I\u2019m not Irish.<\/p>\n

    The Happy Go Lucky 4-H Club of Morrill sent in their song to Club Echoes<\/em> in May of 1931, and Club Echoes<\/em> included it on page 5 (v13, #11). Well, they didn\u2019t actually include the song. After saying the club had submitted a song that was written by Lester Merrithew they added in parentheses, \u201c(Because of space we can only print one verse.)\u201d And then they only printed the CHORUS! (tune: Yankee Doodle)<\/p>\n

    But you just bet we keep it up,
    \nThough struggles are oft bitter,
    \nThis HAPPY-GO-LUCKY CLUB of ours
    \nHas no use for a quitter.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Hilda Weymouth, News Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n

    I kind of feel bad for Lester!<\/p>\n

    This song writing thing, however, seems to have been popular, maybe even contagious! Even State 4-H Leaders were getting on the act! That same 1931 May Club Echoes<\/em> edition, on page 2, under the title of \u201cA NEW SONG\u201d (POOR LESTER!), wrote, \u201cWhen you have a club guest, try this song, written by George L. Farley, State Club Leader, Massachusetts and Manager of Camp Vail. Tune: Auld Lang Syne.\u201d<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re always glad to meet new friends,
    \nOur greetings all to you,
    \nWe cannot all shake hands you see,
    \nSo here\u2019s our \u2018How d\u2019ye do\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

    During the last line each person shakes hands with himself high over his head. Song taken from Rhode Island 4-H Club News.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Maybe Lester should have included hand signs in his.<\/p>\n

    Remember the song \u201cWhistle while you work\u201d? County Agent G. C. Dunn must have had that idea in mind when he wrote \u201cDishes\u201d (tune: School Days). I\u2019m not sure if Dunn was the Somerset County agent but the article says the song is sung by the Somerset County 4-H Cooking and Housekeeping girls while they do their work.<\/p>\n

    Dishes — Dishes —
    \nAlways doing dishes
    \nWashing and scrubbing and turning around
    \nSometimes I drop one upon the ground
    \nSometimes I nick one or two
    \nSometimes I drop one on my shoe
    \nBut wherever I go
    \nI\u2019m sure to know
    \nThere\u2019ll always be dishes to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I\u2019ve even tried my hand at this! I TOLD you it was contagious! Here\u2019s one I wrote which you can use to help \u201cbreak the ice\u201d. It is called\u00a0M-A-I-N-E (sung to<\/em>: B-I-N-G-O).<\/em> The first person stands up and sings the song calling out another 4-H\u2019er\u2019s name. When he or she hears their name, they stand up and sing the song calling out another member\u2019s name. This continues until everyone in the group has been identified.<\/p>\n

    I know a 4-H\u2019er from Maine<\/em>
    \nAnd (insert first name) is his\/her name, Oh <\/em>
    \nM-A-I-N-E, M-A-I-N-E, M-A-I-N-E<\/em>
    \nAnd (insert first name) is his\/her name, Oh<\/em><\/p>\n

    Or, sing this version as a group at events such as Eastern States or National 4-H Congress:<\/p>\n

    We<\/em> are 4-H\u2019ers, we\u2019re from Maine<\/em>
    \nWe shout\u00a0it\u00a0very proudly<\/em>
    \nM-A-I-N-E, M-A-I-N-E, M-A-I-N-E<\/em>
    \nUMaine 4-H is for ME!<\/em><\/p>\n

    In reviewing some materials on the National 4-H History Preservation website I came across a song entitled \u201c4\u2011H Farewell Song<\/em><\/strong>.” The site says it was \u201cwritten by Carlton Day, 13, Lisbon Falls, ME\u201d and \u201csung to the tune of May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You.\u201d As you can tell, it leans on the religious. They don\u2019t say when it was written but my guess is around 1938.<\/p>\n

    May the Good Lord bless and keep you
    \nWhether near or far away;
    \nMay your 4-H work be helpful
    \nTo you every day.<\/em><\/p>\n

    May you find new joys in learning,
    \nBoth in profits and in fun.
    \nMay the Good Lord bless and keep you
    \nTill we meet again.<\/em><\/p>\n

    May all blessings fall upon you,
    \nOn your head, heart, health and hands;
    \nMay new knowledge serve you daily,
    \nIn your homes and on your lands.<\/em><\/p>\n

    May your 4-H projects prosper,
    \nYour rewards be 10 times 10.
    \nMay the Good Lord bless and keep you,
    \nTill we meet — till we meet — again.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Singing songs and playing group games have always been a part of the 4-H experience, it seems, nationally and in Maine, even unto today. To prove the point, look at this learning session that was offered during the 2017 Maine 4-H Days held in July!<\/p>\n

    How to Be a Fun Captain: <\/em><\/strong>To get the most of our Saturday evening campfire we need teen leaders! Bring instruments you might want to play, bring campfire songs you want to share, we will be learning some large group games and songs to make this campfire memorable and awesome for all!<\/em><\/p>\n

    So picking up where I left off at the start of this blog:<\/p>\n

    Tis the end, no more to say here; Fa la la la la la la la la!
    \nWhich to many will bring GREAT cheer! Fa la la la la la la la la!<\/p>\n

    And THAT is where we\u2019ll leave it \u201cTill we meet — till we meet — again.\u201d<\/p>\n

    More information about 4-H music can be found on the National 4-H History Preservation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \n

    <\/a>Words to the Maine State 4-H Song<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    First Verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s a song to dear old Maine, the state we love so well,<\/em>
    \nBiggest in New England, and the state in which to dwell;<\/em>
    \nThe story of its glory we will ever gladly tell,<\/em>
    \nWhile we are doing our club work.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Come on! Come on! The Club is calling you.<\/em>
    \nCome on! Come on! Let\u2019s push our projects through.<\/em>
    \nIn home and farm achievement there is time for pleasure too,<\/em>
    \nWhile we are doing our club work.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Second Verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Shout the praise of our dear State, its rivers, lakes, and coast,<\/em>
    \nFragrant fields and wooded hills, the pine of which we boast;<\/em>
    \nBest of all, the happy homes and folks we love the most,<\/em>
    \nWhile we are doing our club work.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Repeat Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Third Verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Maine, the State of purest air, its waters crystal flow;<\/em>
    \n‘Tis true we have real winter, and a lot of ice and snow.<\/em>
    \nBut winter sports are glorious and keep the cheeks aglow,<\/em>
    \nWhile we are doing our club work.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Repeat Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n

    Were you a 4-H Member? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

    \"4-HUMaine 4-H wants to hear your story.<\/strong> Please take a moment to fill out our short form and Tell Us Your Story<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    Click here to learn how to support UMaine 4-H<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    University of Maine Cooperative Extension conducts the state\u2019s most successful out-of-school youth educational program through 4-H, a youth development program that has been empowering young people in Maine to reach their full potential since 1913.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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