Sweet the Song

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Happily, cheerily, comes a song

Author: Irvin H. Mack
Tune: [Happily, cheerily, comes a song]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Happily, cheerily, comes a song
Sweet the song,
Merrily, echoing loud and strong,
List, list the song,
Gratitude unto the Lord it brings,
Sweet the song.
Love is the fountain from which it springs,
‘Tis a sweet anthem of love.

Refrain:
Join the song, joyfully join the singing,
Love and praise unto the Saviour bringing,
Music sweet up from the earth is springing,
Sing, O sing, Jesus the Lord is King.

2 Children of nature rejoice and sing,
Gladly sing,
Wildwood and forest your tokens bring,
Jesus is King,
Daisies from meadows and brush from plain,
Swell the strain,
Sing pretty flowers your songs again,
Sing the sweet anthem of love. [Refrain]

3 Beautiful, beautiful be the song,
Sweet the song,
Nations of earth let the notes prolong,
Sing loud and strong,
God over nature is ev’rywhere
Giving joy,
Bidding all nations His bounties share,
Off’ring his gospel to all. [Refrain]

Source: The Service of Praise #22

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Author: Irvin H. Mack

Mack & Lincoln Hall founded the Hall-Mack Company music publishing house (later bought by the Rodeheaver Company). Mack’s works include: Boundless Love (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack Company, 1896) The Service of Praise, with Lincoln Hall et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack Company, 1900) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/mack_ih.htm Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Happily, cheerily, comes a song
Title:	Sweet the Song
Author:	Irvin H. Mack
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Join the song, joyfully join the singing
Publication Date:	1900
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.