Sing, Birds, Merrily Sing

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The springtime comes, the air grows warm

Author: E. A. Hoffman
Tune: [The springtime comes, the air grows warm]
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1 The springtime comes, the air grows warm,
The trees bud forth in leafy green,
And in the woods, and in the vale,
The robin and its mate are seen.
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!
Sunbeams warm the balmy air,
Earth grows green again and so fair,
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!

2 The summer comes, the flowers bloom,
All nature rings with gladsome song,
For in the mountain, hill and dell,
The birds their happy notes prolong.
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!
Summer with its joy is here,
Flowers fair and fruits appear,
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!

3 O sons of earth, if birds thus bring
Unto their Maker chanting praise,
Let us be grateful too and sing,
With thankful hearts our gladsome lays.
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!
God is good, and kind, and true,
He has greatly cared for you,
Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #8

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Author: E. A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The springtime comes, the air grows warm
Title:	Sing, Birds, Merrily Sing
Author:	E. A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Sing, birds, merrily, merrily sing!
Copyright:	Public Domain