This day is jolliest of them all.
Hip hurrah! Hip hurrah!
The crackers are popping, and drums do call,
And the flags are a-flying on house and hall,
Hip—a—yi! Fourth July!
(Children join. July marches, taps drum, all keep time, softly patting hands, strike hands at second syllable of “Hurrah, hurrah!” and again at last syllable of hip—a—yi and July.)
The drummer boys drum, the band calls sweet,
All—
Hip hurrah! Hip hurrah!
July—