For Thursday October 20 2022 A Children's Song I wrote today The Days of the Week A Round Jill

jill stockinger

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Oct 18, 2022, 11:08:16 AM10/18/22

to Rennaissance writing Group, Karen Arenson, Kaolin Fire, Max Stockinger, Rose Fratti, Kathleen Kauffroath, Robert L. Smith, Connie Johnstone

I have no idea why!

It came into my head- an earwig of a song- a round that goes round and round!

So of course I must share it

(The earwig demands it.) Jill

The Days of the Week: A Round by Jill Stockinger

It’s wash the clothes on Monday
On Monday
On Monday
It’s wash the clothes on Monday
And that is that.

It’s scrub the floors on Tuesday
On Tuesday
On Tuesday
It’s scrub the floors on Tuesday
And that is that.

It’s sew and mend on Wednesday
On Wednesday
On Wednesday
It’s sew and mend on Wednesday
And that is that.

It’s go to market on Thursday
On Thursday
On Thursday
It’s go to market on Thursday
And that is that.

It’s bake bread and pies on Friday
On Friday
On Friday
It’s bake bread and pies on Friday
And that is that.

We'll call for neighbors and for kin
On Saturday
On Saturday
We'll eat and drink and dance and sing—
Saturdays are grand!

It’s bow our heads on Sunday
On Sunday
On Sunday
It’s bow our heads on Sunday
And then we start all over again.

Connie Johnstone

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Oct 18, 2022, 11:46:39 AM10/18/22

to jill stockinger, Rennaissance writing Group, Karen Arenson, Kaolin Fire, Max Stockinger, Rose Fratti, Kathleen Kauffroath, Robert L. Smith

This makes me very happy, Jill. I had flashes of my great grandmother’s rain barrel from which she drew water for various uses. She once washed my hair using the water. I think based on your song, hair washing might have been on a Saturday morning. Before all the folks came over 😀

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On Oct 18, 2022, at 8:38 AM, jill stockinger <jills...@gmail.com> wrote:

Helen Cooper

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Oct 18, 2022, 1:07:15 PM10/18/22

to Rennaissance writing Group, Karen Arenson, Kaolin Fire, Max Stockinger, Rose Fratti, Kathleen Kauffroath, Robert L. Smith, Connie Johnstone, jill stockinger

Those niggling earwigs!

I thought it might be better to delete "then" in the last line but as I read the round again out loud, the rhythm is better as you wrote it.

Fun and reminds me of the folk song I grew up with:

Dashing away with the smoothing iron.

Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron

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