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[Verse]
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This is my Father's world,
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and to my listening ears
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all nature sings, and round me rings
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the music of the spheres.
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This is my Father's world:
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I rest me in the thought
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of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
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his hand the wonders wrought.
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[Verse]
C G C
This is my Father's world,
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the birds their carols raise,
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the morning light, the lily white,
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declare their maker's praise.
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This is my Father's world:
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he shines in all that's fair;
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in the rustling grass I hear him pass;
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he speaks to me everywhere.
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[Verse]
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This is my Father's world.
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O let me ne'er forget
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that though the wrong seems oft so strong,
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God is the ruler yet.
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This is my Father's world:
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why should my heart be sad?
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The Lord is King; let the heavens ring!
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God reigns; let the earth be glad!