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This Is My Father's World

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for SATB Chorus, Piano and Violin

Text by Maltbie D. Babcock
Hinshaw Music - 08764913

Description

What a gorgeous setting for church or school choirs! Superb choral writing and a marvelous piano accompaniment with violin obbligato make this a truly exceptional arrangement of the traditional hymn. Highly recommended!

the Inspiration

Text

This is my father's world And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres This is my father's world The birds their carols raise The morning light, the lily white Declare their maker's praise This is my father's world I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas His hand the wonders wrought This is my father's world Oh, let me never forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong God is the ruler yet This is my father's world He shines in all that's fair In the rustling grass, I hear him pass He speaks to me everywhere - Maltbie D. Babcock

Composer Notes

“The morning light, the lily white
Declare their maker's praise...”

- Maltbie D. Babcock

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