Morning Has Broken

(Jean adds: My mom has always loved this Cat Stevens song. Click to hear him singing part of it

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlight from heaven.
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning;
God's recreation of the new day.

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

(Jean adds: Popularized by Stevens, the lyric was actually written by one Eleanor Farjeon. The article mentions that the tune is an old Gaelic Christmas carol.)

Posted by Marylee Manson Armour
February 16, 2009