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WHEN THE BIRD SINGS, by                    
First Line: When the bird sings, and the morning
Last Line: When the bird sings as of old!
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Birds; Singing & Singers


WHEN the bird sings, and the morning
Through the meadow makes reply,
Who shall hear a note of warning
In such gladness from the sky?
All the wildwood laughs with childhood
When the bird sings sweet and high.

When the bird sings in the gloaming
And the fond hands hush the keys,
Oh, the wings of love are homing
To that music from the trees.
Hear ye, hear ye, hearts aweary,
When the bird sings on the breeze.

When the bird sings down the river
Where the willows bathe in gold
As the autumn moon a-shiver
Shows thy pathway lone and cold—
Oh, may God thy heart deliver
When the bird sings as of old!





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