The Birds in Sweet Chorus

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The birds in sweet chorus are singing away

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [The birds in sweet chorus are singing away]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The birds in sweet chorus are singing away,
And happy are we on our festival day;
Around us are blooming the beautiful flow’rs,
But sweeter the praises that hallow these hours.

Refrain:
We’re singing a song that is joyful and free;
No bird in the forest so happy as we;
The children can sing
Of Jesus their King,
And so we are keeping the glad jubilee.

2 We sing of the blessings that brighten the year,
His numberless mercies like sunbeams appear;
As fresh as the dew-drops that sparkle at morn,
The tokens of love that our pathway adorn. [Refrain]

3 We know that our Father hath led hitherto,
We go on our journey with courage anew;
There’s joy in our hearts as we’re marching along,
His love is the theme of our festival song. [Refrain]

Source: The Service of Praise #199

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Author: E. E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	The birds in sweet chorus are singing away
Title:	The Birds in Sweet Chorus
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We're singing a song that is joyful and free
Publication Date:	1900
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.