Is it true that you sat out in the graveyard all last Thursday evening and sang ribald songs while a prayer meeting was being held in the Methodist church ? '' `` Great Caesar , Dad , we forgot all about it being their prayer meeting night , '' exclaimed Jerry in dismay . `` Then it is true -- you did do this thing ? '' `` Why , Dad , I do n't know what you mean by ribald songs . We sang hymns -- it was a sacred concert , you know . What harm was that ? I tell you we never thought about it 's being Methodist prayer meeting night . They used to have their meeting Tuesday nights and since they 've changed to Thursdays it 's hard to remember . '' `` Did you sing nothing but hymns ? '' `` Why , '' said Jerry , turning red , `` we DID sing Polly Wolly Doodle at the last . Faith said , ` Let 's have something cheerful to wind up with . ' But we did n't mean any harm , Father -- truly we did n't . '' `` The concert was my idea , Father , '' said Faith , afraid that Mr. Meredith might blame Jerry too much . `` You know the Methodists themselves had a sacred concert in their church three Sunday nights ago . I thought it would be good fun to get one up in imitation of it . Only they had prayers at theirs , and we left that part out , because we heard that people thought it awful for us to pray in a graveyard . YOU were sitting in here all the time , '' she added , `` and never said a word to us . '' `` I did not notice what you were doing . That is no excuse for me , of course . I am more to blame than you -- I realize that .
But why did you XXXXX that foolish song at the end ? ''
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