Memories Of Galilee
- Words:
- Robert Morris
- Music:
- E. R. Palmer
Sheet music
- 1Each cooing dove and sighing bough(Each cooing dove and sighing bough)That makes the eve so blest to me(That makes the eve so blest to me)Has something far diviner now:(Has something far diviner now:)It bears me back to Galilee.(It bears me back to Galilee.)O Galilee! sweet Galilee!Where Jesus loved so much to be;Galilee! blue Galilee! Come, sing thy song again to me!(Come, sing thy song again to me!)
- 2Each flow’ry glen and mossy dell,(Each flow’ry glen and mossy dell,)Where happy birds in song agree,(Where happy birds in song agree,)Thru sunny morn the praises tell(Thru sunny morn the praises tell)Of sights and sounds in Galilee.(Of sights and sounds in Galilee.)O Galilee! sweet Galilee!Where Jesus loved so much to be;Galilee! blue Galilee! Come, sing thy song again to me!(Come, sing thy song again to me!)
- 3And when I read the thrilling lore(And when I read the thrilling lore)Of Him who walked upon the sea,(Of Him who walked upon the sea,)I long, O how I long, once more(I long, O how I long, once more)To follow Him in Galilee.(To follow Him in Galilee.)O Galilee! sweet Galilee!Where Jesus loved so much to be;Galilee! blue Galilee! Come, sing thy song again to me!(Come, sing thy song again to me!)
In the hymnals
- The words are in 163 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.