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Text:June Praises
Author:Kate DeLand
Tune:[Sing, children sing, these happy golden hours]
Composer:W. A. Post

227. June Praises

1 Sing, children sing, these happy golden hours;
June, lovely June, comes with bud and flow'rs,
See the tiny buds, unfolding ev'ry hour;
Trees all dressed in green, woods and shady bow'rs.

Chorus:
Sing! children sing!
Sing! children sing!
As we go, to and fro, light and gay;
Sing! children sing!
Sing! children sing!
Merrily, cheerily, hearts so full and free.

2 On sunny hills the blossomed beauties grow,
Roses and flow'rs greet us as we go,
Cheery happy songs, sweet singing birds in June,
Sounding from the trees, joyfully in tune. [Chorus]

3 Sing, carols sweet, all nature joins the song,
Ring, joybells ring, swell the mighty throng;
Roses fresh and sweet, all silvered o'er with dew;
Fragrance in the air, beauties all for you. Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Sing, children sing, these happy golden hours
Title: June Praises
Author: Kate DeLand
Refrain First Line: Sing! children sing!
Publication Date: 1904
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Sing, children sing, these happy golden hours]
Composer: W. A. Post
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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