Pilgrim Children

Pilgrim Children

by Jacqueline Schiff

If we were Pilgrim children,
We'd help to plant the corn.
We'd hunt and fish, we'd spin and knit,
We'd cradle each newborn.

If we were Pilgrim children,
We'd help to plant the beans.
We'd feed the chickens, milk the cows,
And pick the salad greens.

We'd carry water from the spring,
And heat it for our wash.
We'd stack the wood. We'd shell the peas.
We'd help to plant the squash.

If we were Pilgrim children,
We'd climb the tallest trees.
We'd play our favorite games of dice,
We'd race through fields with ease.

If we were Pilgrim children,
We'd whittle wooden toys;
Then give them to our special friends –
The Indian girls and boys.