This is a hymn book for children aged 5-11 years, published by A&C Black Publishers, London England.
It focuses on musical education and participation, and many of the songs / arrangements are simple, reflecting this. It includes 59 songs, all in the English language, and has sections (with hymn numbers as show) for:
- Welcoming the day 1-3
- Shout for joy 4-7
- This is a lovely world 8-13
- Giving thanks 14 - 16
- No litter or junk 17
- Eyes, ears, hands and feet 18-21
- Our friend and Father 22-27
- Following our leader 28-39
- Being a friend 35-40
- Caring for animals 41-44
- Stars and space 45-47
- The year round (ie the seasons) 48-57
- Going home 58-59
The book was first published in 1970 with reprints / revisions in 1973, 74,76,76, 79,82,84, 87,92 and 96.
There are two editions (words only and music - the latter has piano scores and guitar chords, and many songs have parts for recorder, chimes, glockenspiel or percussion. At some point a CD of backing tracks was added to the music edition.
A table of guitar chords was added in the 1982 edition, along with advice about how to substitute more common chords if necessary.
Illustrations were added in the 1984 edition, and the design (font, layout, binding) is remarkably similar the design of Songs of God's Love - A Hymnal for Primary Children published in the USA in 1984 by Concordia Publishing House with substantial input from the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church.
The original editing was done by Beatrice Harrop, with assistance from Pat Lloyd (Deputy Head of Great Staunton Primary School, Huntington) and Peggy Blakely, with advice from Mary Collins, Sarah Evans and Ian Wragg.
The cover artwork has varied between editions: in the 1996 reprint, the cover artwork is credited to C R Evans in the acknowledgements page, and to Maggie Silver on the back page.
The ISBN of the 1996 music edition is 0-7136-1730-6. This edition only has one index, according to first-lines.
The music edition is presented in a landscape, ringbound format.
The book is now out-of-print, but second-hand copies are sometimes available from Amazon (link below) - and it appears that special-print copies can be obtained from Starland. An on-line copy can be viewed here.
The book is now out-of-print, but second-hand copies are sometimes available from Amazon (link below) - and it appears that special-print copies can be obtained from Starland. An on-line copy can be viewed here.
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Table of Contents
"| Title (first-line) | Number |
|---|---|
| 5 4 3 2 1 and Zero | 45 |
| Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Tune-name: A JOURNEY TO THE MOON Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| A Little Tiny Bird | 24 |
| A little tiny bird, with sweet and cheerful song Lyrics: H King Lewis Tune: Hermann von Muller Tune-name: FROBEL Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| All the Flowers Are Waking | 48 |
| Lyrics: Winifred E Barnard (adapted) Tune: Eric G Barnard © Chansitor Publications Score: Piano score and guitar chords, recorder descant Key: G Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 3 | |
| All Things Which Live Below the Sky | 41 |
| Lyrics: E J Brailsford Tune: Melody collected by Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) © Oxford University Press, 1906 Setting: Accompaniment by Beatrice Harrop Tune-name: RODMELL Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| At Half Past Three We Go Home to Tea | 58 |
| Lyrics: Margaret Rose © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Tune: M R Cook © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Can You Count the Stars? | 25 |
| Can you count the stars that twinkle brightly in the midnight sky Lyrics: H W Dunchan Tune: J Lloyd Williams (1855-1928) © Oxford University Press, 1931 Setting: Harmonised by M F Shaw (1875-1958) Tune-name: TREFAENAN Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 4/8 Number of verses: 2 Translated from a work by Johann W Hey | |
| Come Let Us Remember the Joys Of the Town | 7 |
| Lyrics: Doris M Gill © Miss D M Gill Tune: First tune: Welch hymn melody Second tune: Thuringian folk tune Tune-name: First tune - ST DENIO. Second tune - Thuringian folk tune Score: Piano score Key: First tune - G Second tune - D Time signature: First tune - 3/4 Second tune - 2/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| Father We Thank You for the Night | 1 |
| Lyrics: Rebecca J Weston Tune: G C Westcott Tune-name: MARGARET L Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 2/2 Number of verses: 2 | |
| For All the Strength we Have | 16 |
| Lyrics: Maria M Pentstone Tune: First tune: English form of French melody Second tune: English traditional carol Tune-name: First tune: ZACHARY Second tune: SANDY'S Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: First tune: F Second tune: Time signature: First tune: 4/4 Second tune: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Give to Us Eyes | 18 |
| Give to us eyes that we may truly see Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Eb Time signature: 2/2 Number of verses: 3 | |
| God Bless the Grass | 27 |
| God bless the grass that grows through the crack Lyrics & tune: Malvina Reynolds © TRO Essex Music Ltd, 1964 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Em Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| God Who Put the Stars in Space | 47 |
| Lyrics: L S Reed © The Seabury Press, 1961 Tune: G C Westcott Tune-name: HARPERS Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Hands to Work and Feet to Run | 21 |
| Lyrics: Hilda M Dodd © National Christian Education Council Tune: G C Westcott Tune-name: CINO TATNEP Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 3 | |
| He Gave Me Eyes So I Could See | 19 |
| He gave me eyes so I could see / He made me Lyrics & tune: Alan Pinnock © High-Fye Music Ltd, 1970 Tune-name: HE MADE ME Score: Piano score and guitar chords, and part for chime bars and two descant recorders Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| Hurray for Jesus | 50 |
| Hurray for Jesus, riding to Jerusalem / Wave palms in the air Lyrics: Sister Oswin © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Tune: Sister Margaret of Sion © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Tune-name: A WELCOME SONG Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 2/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| I Danced in the Morning | 29 |
| I danced in the morning when the world was begun / Dance the, wherever you may be Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Stainer & Belll Ltd, 1969 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| I Have Seen the Golden Sunshine | 6 |
| I have seen the golden sunshine / I've seen the light Lyrics & tune: Charlie Chester and Benny Litchfield © High-Fye Music Ltd, 1970 Tune-name: FRIEND OF JESUS FRIEND OF MINE Score: Piano score and guitar chords with recorder descant Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| I Love God’s Tiny Creatures | 42 |
| I love God's tiny creatures that wander wild and free Lyrics: G W Briggs (1875-1959) © Oxford University Press, 1931 Tune: Roger H Pope Tune-name: SOUTHREPPS Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: F Time signature: 2/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| I Love the Sun | 12 |
| I love the sun, it shines on me Lyrics & tune: Gwen F Smith Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder, and chime bars Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 5 | |
| I’m Very Glad Of God | 22 |
| I'm very glad of God, he takes care of me Lyrics & tune: Alice M Pullen © Miss A M Pullen Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: D Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| If I Had a Hammer | 37 |
| If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning / All over this land Lyrics: Lee Hayes and Pete Seeger © TRO Essex Music Ltd, 1958, 1959 Tune: Lee Hayes and Pete Seeger © TRO Essex Music Ltd, 1958, 1959 Setting: Accompaniment - G C Westcott Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| In the Early Morning | 49 |
| In the early morning listen to the lark Lyrics: J M C Crumm (1872 - 1958) © Oxford University Press, 1929 Tune: M F Shaw (1875-1958) © Oxford University Press, 1931 Tune-name: GAMBLE Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: G Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 3 | |
| It Fell Upon a Summer Day | 31 |
| It fell upon a summer day, when Jesus walked in Galilee Lyrics: Stopford A Brooke Tune: H Walfold Davies (1869-1941) © Oxford University Press Tune-name: CHILDHOOD Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: F Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands | 33 |
| Lyrics: Margaret Cropper © The National Society Tune: Old French tune Tune-name: AU CLAIR DE LUNE Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Kum Ba Yah | 23 |
| Kum ba yah, my Lord / O Lord, kum ba yah. Lyrics: Traditional West Indian Tune: Traditional West Indian Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 3/2 Number of verses: 6 | |
| Little Birds in Winter Time | 43 |
| Little birds in winter time, hungry are and poor Lyrics: Frederick A Jackson Tune: First tune: Norah C E Byrne Second tune: English traditional melody Tune-name: Second tune: ST ISSEY Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: First tune: G Second tune: Gm Time signature: First tune: 2/4 Second tune: 3/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Look for Signs that Summer’s Done | 55 |
| Look for signs that summer's done, winter's drawing near Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 2/2 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Look Out for Loneliness | 36 |
| Look out for loneliness / Look out, look out Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Bb Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Lord I Love to Stamp and Shout | 5 |
| Lyrics: Ian Fraser © Stainer & Belll Ltd Tune: Reginald Barrett-Ayres © Stainer & Belll Ltd Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| Milk Bottle Tops and Paper Bags | 17 |
| Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| Morning Has Broken | 3 |
| Morning has broken like the first morning Lyrics: Eleanor Farjeon © David Higham Associates / Oxford University Press, 1931 Tune: An old Gaelic melody Tune-name: BUNESSAN Score: Piano score and guitar chords, with descant recorder or glockenspiel. A alternative arrangement, with more complicated chords, is also provided. Key: C Time signature: 9/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Now Jesus One Day | 30 |
| Now Jesus one day went down to the shore / Splash, splash, splash Lyrics: Sister Oswin © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Tune: Sister Margaret of Sion © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Setting: Tune-name: JESUS AND PETER Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: F Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| O Jesus We Are Well and Strong | 40 |
| Lyrics: E F B McAlister (adapted) © National Christian Education Council Tune: Swiss traditional melody Tune-name: SOLOTHURN Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Eb Time signature: 2/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| O Lord! Shout for Joy! | 4 |
| O Lord! Shout For Joy! / Early in the morning, shout for joy Lyrics: Negro spiritual Tune: Negro spiritual © Crown Publishers Inc, 1940 Setting: G C Westcott Score: Piano score and guitar chords, with percussion Key: G Time signature: 2/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| Over the Earth is a Mat Of Green | 10 |
| Lyrics: Ruth Brown Tune: Scottish tune, adapted by Herbert Wiseman (1886-1966) © Oxford University Press, 1929 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 | |
| Praise to God for Things We See | 20 |
| Lyrics: Maria M Pentstone Tune: Kenneth G Findlay © Kenneth G Findlay Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Eb Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| See How the Snowflakes Are Falling | 57 |
| See how the snowflakes are falling, falling so gentle and white Lyrics: Frederick A Jackson Tune: Beatrice Harrop - Freely adapted from a German Carol Score: Piano score and guitar chords with triangles and chimes Key: Eb Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Stand Up Clap Hands Shout Thank You Lord | 14 |
| Stand up, clap hands, shout thank you Lord / I look around and the sun's in the sky Lyrics: Roger Dyer © High-Fye Music Ltd, 1970 Tune: Alan Forrest © High-Fye Music Ltd, 1970 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: Cut Number of verses: 3 | |
| The Farmer Comes to Scatter the Seed | 56 |
| Lyrics: C Hardie © The National Society Tune: Traditional (adapted) Tune-name: ANTHONY ROLY Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 5 | |
| The Flowers that Grow in the Garden | 53 |
| The flowers that grow in the garden / Dance in the sun Lyrics: Barbara Hagon Tune: Swedish melody Score: Piano score and guitar chords, with chime bars Key: G Time signature: 2/4 Number of verses: 5 | |
| The Golden Cockerel | 2 |
| The golden cockrel crows in the morning Lyrics: Margaret Rose © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Tune: An old English melody Score: Piano score and guitar chords, and an ostinato for a melody instrument (glockenspiel, recorder etc) Key: G Time signature: 2/2 Number of verses: 1 | |
| The Ink is Black the Page is White | 39 |
| Lyrics: David Arkin Tune: Earle Robinson © Durham Music Ltd, 1956, 1970, 1971 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| The Journey Of Life | 28 |
| The journey of life may be easy, may be hard / Will you ride, ride, ride Lyrics & tune: V Collison © High-Fye Music Ltd, 1970 Tune-name: FOLLOW MY LEADER Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| The Sun that Shines Across the Sea | 11 |
| Lyrics: Unknown Tune: Dutch folk song Score: Piano score and guitar chords, and an ostinato for a melody instrument (glockenspiel, recorder etc) Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 | |
| Think of a World Without Any Flowers | 15 |
| Lyrics: Doreen Newport © Stainer & Belll Ltd Tune: G C Westcott Tune-name: GENESIS Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| Think Think On These Things | 38 |
| Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: D Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| This is a Lovely World | 8 |
| Lyrics & tune: Jane Palmer © Josef Weinberger Ltd, 1966 Tune-name: LUDLOW Score: Piano score and guitar chords and suggested percussion Key: F Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| To God Who Makes All Lovely Things | 9 |
| Lyrics: J M C Crumm (1872 - 1958) © Oxford University Press, 1929 Tune: Irish traditional melody Tune-name: DANIEL Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Eb Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 5 | |
| Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | 46 |
| Twinkle twinkle little star Lyrics: Jane Taylor Tune: First tune: G C Westcott Second tune: Joseph Smith Tune-name: First tune: GLYN Second tune: INNOCENTS Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: First tune: Dm Second tune: D Time signature: First tune: 3/4 Second tune: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| We Have a King Who Rides a Donkey | 51 |
| We have a king who rides on a donkey / Jesus the king is risen Lyrics: Fred Kaan © Stainer & Belll Ltd Tune: Not stated Tune-name: WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: Dm Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| We Praise You for the Sun | 13 |
| We praise you for the sun, the golden shining sun Lyrics: Alice M Pullen © Miss A M Pullen Tune: G Paisello, based on an old English air Tune-name: CERES Score: Piano score and guitar chords, and glockenspiel or chime bars Key: F Time signature: 6/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| We’re Going Home | 59 |
| We're going home, sh, sh Lyrics: Peggy Blakeley Tune: Don Harper Score: Piano score and guitar chords, descant for glockenspiel or recorder Key: F Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 | |
| When a Knight Won His Spurs | 34 |
| When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old Lyrics: Jan Struther (1901-1953) © Oxford University Press, 1929 Tune: Collected by Cecil J Sharp, and arranged by Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) Tune-name: STOWEY Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| When I Needed a Neighbour | 35 |
| When I needed a neighbour were you there? / And the creed and the colour Lyrics & tune: Sydney Carter © Stainer & Belll Ltd, 1969 Score: Piano score and guitar chords, with cymbals and triangles Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 5 | |
| When Lamps Are Lighted | 26 |
| When lamps are lighted in the town Lyrics: Maria M Pentstone Tune: F H Barthelemom Tune-name: BALLERMA Score: Piano score and guitar chords with chime bars Key: A Time signature: 6/4 Number of verses: 4 | |
| When the Corn is Planted | 54 |
| When the corn is planted in the deep dark bed Lyrics: Unknown Tune: First tune: A H Mann Second tune: T R Matthews © First tune: Dr E R Goodlife Tune-name: First tune: WORSHIP Second tune: NORTH COATES Score: First tune: Piano score and guitar chords Second tune: Guitar chords with chimes and recorders Key: First tune: G Second tune: G Time signature: Both tunes - 4/4 Number of verses: 3 | |
| Who Built the Ark? | 44 |
| Who built the ark? Noah, Noah. / Now in come the animals two by two Lyrics: J Rosamund Johnston © The Viking Press Inc, 1937, 1965 Tune: G C Westcott © The Viking Press Inc, 1937, 1965 Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 6 | |
| Who Can See the Great Wind Blow? | 52 |
| Lyrics: Margaret Cropper © The National Society Tune: A R B Wylan © The National Society Setting: Accompaniment by Beatrice Harrop Tune-name: HALVERGATE Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: F Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 | |
| Who’s that Sitting in the Sycamore Tree? | 32 |
| Who's that sitting in the sycamore tree? / Come down, Zaccheaus, down from the tree Lyrics: Sister Oswin © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Tune: Sister Oswin © Sister Oswin and Geoffrey Chapman Publications Setting: Accompaniment - G C Westcott Score: Piano score and guitar chords Key: C Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 4 |
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