Morning Has Broken

Representative Text

1 Morning has broken
like the first morning,
blackbird has spoken
like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing
fresh from the Word!

2 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 God’s feet pass.

3 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!

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #38

Author: Eleanor Farjeon

Eleanor Farjeon, (born Feb. 13, 1881, London--died June 5, 1965, Hampstead, London), English writer for children whose magical but unsentimental tales, which often mock the behaviour of adults, earned her a revered place in many British nurseries. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter of a U.S. actor, Eleanor Farjeon grew up in the bohemian literary and dramatic circles of London. Attending opera and theatre at 4 and writing on her father’s typewriter at 7, Farjeon came to public attention at 16 as the librettist of an opera, with music by her brother Harry, which was produced by the Royal Academy of Music. Her success with Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1916), simple tunes originally for adults but adapted and sung i… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Morning has broken
Title: Morning Has Broken
Author: Eleanor Farjeon (1931)
Meter: 5.5.5.4 D
Place of Origin: England
Language: English
Notes: Spanish translation: See "Despunta el alba" by Comisión del Himnario "Albricias"
Copyright: By permission of David Higham Associates Limited, London

Tune

BUNESSAN

BUNESSAN is a Gaelic tune that was first published (melody only) in Lachlan Macbean's Songs and Hymns of the Gael (1888) as a setting for Mary Macdonald's carol "Child in the Manger." The tune is named after Macdonald's birthplace on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. BUNESSAN is also well known as the set…

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Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #510

Australian Hymn Book #91

Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) #151

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #45

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #623

Catholic Book of Worship III #651

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #27

Chalice Hymnal #53

Church Family Worship #279

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #58

Community of Christ Sings #143

Complete Mission Praise #467

CPWI Hymnal #661

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #556

First Supplement to the Hymnal (1956) #S-2

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #748

Hymnal #648

Hymns and Psalms #635

Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d131

Hymns for the Family of God #5

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #265

Hymns of Promise #11

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #97

Hymns Old and New #337

Let's just Praise the Lord (Music Edition) #22

One in Faith #497

Pilgrim Hymnal #38

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #944

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #44

Sing and Rejoice! #140

Sing Joyfully #274

Singing Our Faith #279

Text

Singing the Living Tradition #38

Songs for Worship and Fellowship #d99

Songs of praise #30

Songs of Praise for America #d63

Sound of Living Waters #9

The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #91

The Book of Hymns (A fresh anthology of favourite hymns) #14

The Book of Praise #550

The Brethren Songbook #22

The Hymnal 1982 #8

The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #144

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #60

The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #29

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #5

The New Church Hymnal #d257

The New English Hymnal #237

Text

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #35

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #50

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #51

Voices United #409

Wings Of Song #6

Worship (4th ed.) #847

Worship and Hymns for All Occasions #d131

Worship His Majesty #74

Worship II, a Hymnal for Roman Catholic Parishes #d160

Worship in Song #32

The Presbyterian Hymnal #469

Ancient and Modern #545

Singing the Faith #136

Common Praise (1998) #3

Together in Song #156

Voices Together #495

Gather (3rd ed.) #855

Gather Comprehensive #756

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #4

RitualSong #859

Worship (3rd ed.) #674

Common Praise #260

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #778

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #871

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #851

Santo, Santo, Santo #465

Text InfoAudio

Glory to God #664

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #212

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #212

The Hymnbook #464

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #879

The Book of Praise #814

Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) #88

Audio

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #48

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #267

Hymns of the Saints #22

Hymns of Faith and Life #208

Worship and Rejoice #35

Hymns for the Living Church #553

The Worshiping Church #362

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #470

Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #145

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #370

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #450

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