#065
The Sweet June Days

The sweet June days are come again;
once more the glad earth yields
its golden wealth of rip'ning grain,
and breath of clover fields,
and deep'ning shade of summer woods,
and glow of summer air,
and winging thoughts and happy moods
of love and joy and prayer.

The sweet June days are come again;
the birds are on the wing;
bright anthems, in their merry strain,
unconsciously they sing.
Oh, how our cup o'er brims with good
these happy summer days,
for all the joys of field and wood
we lift our song of praise.

Words: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892
Music: English melody, arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams,
872-1958, used by perm. of Oxford University Press
FOREST GREEN
C.M.D.