Melody (1953)

An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody Its all around in nature Only birds and man can sing man sings even when he speaks We see a quick survey of the stages of life as captured by songs the alphabet song for primary school Here Comes the Bride The Old Gray Mare etc Some inspirations for song are outlined in song love sailing trains the West motherhood etc but we never sing about brains Finally an example of how a simple melody can be expanded into a symphony an elaborate version of the simple tune that opened the lesson