Lyrics to Morning Has Broken
Song lyrics to ‘Morning Has Broken’ by Eleanor Farjeon,, 1922 “Morning Has Broken” is a favorite and well-known Christian hymn, especially popular in children’s services. Cat Stevens included an acoustic version on his 1971 album ‘Teaser and the Firecat’. It became a signature song for Stevens when it reached number 9 in the charts in 1972. The original poem can be found in the anthology “Children’s Bells” under Farjeon’s original title ‘A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring)’, published by Oxford University Press in 1957. The tune to which it is normally sung is called “Bunessan”, based upon a Scottish Gaelic traditional melody.
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day
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