Beautiful child with clustering hair

1 Beautiful child with clustering hair,
Twining the daisy white and fair;
Turn from thy pastime, leave thy play,
Come from thy greenwood home away,
Tenderly stealing o'er the dell,
List to its call, the Sabbath bell.

Refrain:
Tripping, Tripping light and free,
Come to the Sabbath-school with me.

2 Beautiful birds are on the wing,
Beautiful notes of joy they sing;
Waking the soul to praise and love,
Telling of rest in heaven above.
Beautiful child, with eyes so blue,
Watching the fountain's sparkling hue. [Refrain]

3 Happy and bright the greenwood bowers,
Merry and sweet the birds and flowers,
Weary of all thou soon will be,
Come to the Sabbath-school with me;
Beautiful hymns to God we sing,
Joyfully there thy voice will ring. [Refrain]


Source: The Little Sower for Sabbath Schools #77