The Harvest Time

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Through lanes with hedgerows pearly go forth the reapers early

Author: Henry F. Chorley
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Through lanes with hedge-rows pearly go forth the reapers early
Among the yellow corn, among the yellow corn;
Good luck betide their shearing, for winter's tide is nearing,
And we must fill the barn, and we must fill the barn.

Chorus:
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the busy harvest time.
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the busy harvest time.

2 At noon they leave the meadow, beneath the friendly shadow
Of monarch oak to dine, of monarch oak to dine;
And 'mid his branches hoary goes up the thankful story,
The harvest is so fine, the harvest is so fine.

Chorus:
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the blessed harvest time.
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the blessed harvest time.

3 And when the west is burning, from shaven field returning,
Up on the wain they come, up on the wain they come;
When all their hamlet neighbors rejoice to end their labors,
With merry harvest home, with merry harvest home.

Chorus:
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the joyous harvest time.
Tralla la la, tralla la la! the joyous harvest time.

Source: Manual for the chapel of Girard College #232

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Author: Henry F. Chorley

Chorley, Henry Fothergill, was born at Blackleyhurst, Lancashire, Dec. 15, 1808, and educated at the Royal Institution, Liverpool. In 1834 he was engaged as a member of the staff of the London Athenaeum. This connection he retained for 35 years. He died Feb. 15, 1872. He published some novels and a large number of songs. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Through lanes with hedgerows pearly go forth the reapers early
Title:	The Harvest Time
Author:	Henry F. Chorley
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain