The children of far distant lands

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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.

Source: The Beacon Song and Service book #302

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Author: Marion E. Grey

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	The children of far distant lands
Author:	Marion E. Grey (1926)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

FOREST GREEN

FOREST GREEN is an English folk tune associated with the ballad "The Ploughboy's Dream." Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) turned FOREST GREEN into a hymn tune for The English Hymnal (1906), using it as a setting for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Shaped in rounded bar form (AABA), FOREST GREEN has th…

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