I should have said they tried to play Three Crows, for they had no sooner started than Colonel Claw, who was sitting on a branch of the mulberry tree and watching the whole performance, set up such a “Caw! caw! caw!” that Tono was obliged to stop the music and try something else.
After that they sang about the silvery swans, and Colonel Claw became quite quiet and subdued, for it did not interest him in the least when they sang of other people.
Then Captain Acorn thanked Captain Featherweight for the game and the music and said it was now time to sing Oh, Joy to be Elves! This was the song that the elves always sang at parting.
“Oh, Joy to be Elves!
To float on a breeze,
And dance on the tops
Of the tallest of trees!
Oh, joy to be fairies,
And ride on a cloud,
Whether the wind