The Beacon Song and Service book ‎#302

302. The children of far distant lands

1 The children of far distant lands
With joyous song we greet:
Hold out to us your friendly hands
Our circle to complete.
Around the world so very wide
Our circle it shall be;
Goodwill and friendship need no tide
Or ship to cross the sea.

2 Then, boys and girls, as in our play
Around the world we go,
With happy hearts we'll try today
Each other's land to know.
And when our time for playing flies,
And when our childhood ends,
May we, then grown so old and wise,
Be kind and thoughtful friends.

Text Information

• First Line: The children of far distant lands
• Title: The children of far distant lands
• Author: Marion E. Grey (1926)
• Meter: C.M.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1935
• Notes: Adapted

Tune Information

• Name: FOREST GREEN
• Arranger: R. Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: C.M.D.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Music from the Enlarged Songs of Praise: ; English Traditional Melody
• Copyright: By permission of the Oxford University Press