Page 104—Song Of The Book Arcade

Books teach the children of men in many million schools;
Books make the difference between earth's learned and its fools.

Song Of The Book Arcade
Cole's Book Arcade, Cole's Book Arcade
It is in Melbourne town,
Of all the book stores in the land
It has the most renown,
It was the first, first Book Arcade
That in the world was found;
It's still the finest Book Arcade
In all the world around.
A lovely rainbow sign appears
Above the Book Arcade
And 'tis the very grandest sign
Was ever yet displayed.
Full forty thousand sorts of books
Are stored within its walls,
Which can be seen, looked at or bought,
By anyone that calls.
The book you wish, the book you want,
Is almost sure to be
Found somewhere in the Book Arcade,
If you will call and see.

(Our Australian Choir has Cockatoos, Laughing Jackasses, Native Bears, Platypusses, Black Swans, Emus, Magpies, Opossums, and Lyre Birds, also a BUNYIP to sing deep bass, all the other Animals in the World sing the chorus, each in his natural voice. The tune is "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.")

Value Of Books
BOOKS should be found in every house
To form and feed the mind;
They are the best of luxuries
'Tis possible to find.
For all the books in all the world
Are man's greatest treasure;
They make him wish, and bring to him
His best, his choicest pleasure.
BOOKS make his time pass happily
Through many weary hours;
Amuse, compose, instruct his mind,
Enlarge his mental powers.
BOOKS give to him the history
Of each and every land;
BOOKS show him human action's past—
The bad, the good, the grand.
BOOKS show him arts, laws, learnings, faiths
Of every time and place;
BOOKS show him how each thing is made
Used by the human race.

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