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Show ; J. OLD SONGS ARE . - WANTED. The old songs should displace the catchy but empty songs of today. That is the decree of the United States ' bureau of education in a bulletin late- , ly sent out. Every school board in ( the country Is being asked to help . locate the old Scotch and English ballads, some of which, it appears, are I either lost, strayed or stolen. Those receiving the bulletins are asked to Br' send in the words and tunes of any 7' bid ballads they may know and to secure se-cure others from their friends, the idea being to make a collection of V: . , the beautiful, simple ballads, of Eng-' Eng-' land and Scotland for American use. Some of the poems for which the government gov-ernment is searching are "Robin Hood," "Beggar Laddie," "Bonnie Bar-It Bar-It bara Allan," "The Crafty Farmer," j. "Durham Field," "The Earl of Mar's Daughter," "Fair Annie," "Johnnie Armstrong's Last Good Night," "La- die Isabel and the Elf Knight," "Child ' Maurice," "The Loss of Roch Royal," . ', "The Mermaid," "Rob Roy" and "The Three Ravens." I v. Not one in one hundred of the pop- ular songs now heard Is other than .' . without merit in words or music. The ; " old songs at least have the redeem ing feature of pure sentiment. |