this is my father's world
(Suggested Capo 4)
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G D/F# G
This is my Father’s world,
C G D/F#
And to my list’ning ears
G D/F# Em
All nature sings, and round me rings
G D/F# G
The music of the spheres.
G C G
This is my Father’s world:
C D/F# G
I rest me in the thought
G D/F# Em
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas
G D/F# G
His hand the wonders wrought.
G D/F# G
This is my Father’s world:
C G D/F#
The birds their carols raise,
G D/F# Em
The morning light, the lily white,
G D/F# G
Declare their Maker’s praise.
G C G
This is my Father’s world:
C D/F# G
He shines in all that’s fair;
G D/F# Em
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
G D/F# G
He speaks to me everywhere.
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G D/F# G
This is my Father’s world:
C G D/F#
Oh, let me ne’er forget
G D/F# Em
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
G D/F# G
God is the ruler yet.
G C G
This is my Father’s world,
C D/F# G
The battle is not done:
G D/F# Em
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
G D/F# G
And earth and Heav’n be one
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Written by Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901