LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Edward John Brailsford
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: |
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 49
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 852
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 445
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymn Book
| 49
| G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 852
| G
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| 1. All things which live below the sky,
Or move within the sea,
Are creatures of the Lord most high,
And brothers unto me.
2. I love to hear the robin sing.
Perched on the highest bough;
To see the rook with purple wing
Follow the shining plough.
3. I love to watch the swallow skim
The river in his flight;
To mark, when day is growing dim,
The glow-worm’s silvery light;
4. The sea-gull whiter than the foam,
The fish that dart beneath;
The lowing cattle coming home;
The goats upon the heath.
5. Beneath His heaven
there’s room for all;
He gives to all their meat;
He sees the meanest sparrow fall
Unnoticed in the street.
6. Almighty Father, King of kings,
The lover of the meek,
make me a friend of helpless things,
Defender of the weak.
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