The World Itself Is Blithe And Gray
- Words:
- Traditional
- Music:
- German Melody
Sheet music
- 1The world itself is blithe and gray,Alleluia, Alleluia,And keeps with Jesus Easter Day,Alleluia, Alleluia.The skies with angel music ring,Alleluia, Alleluia,While holy Church on earth doth singAlleluia, Alleluia.
- 2Our fields are decked in vernal hue,Alleluia, Alleluia,The trees begin to bloom anew.Alleluia, Alleluia.Hark! birds are singing, far and near,Alleluia, Alleluia,The nightingale ‘tis joy to hear.Alleluia, Alleluia.
- 3Now sunbeams daily stronger grow,Alleluia, Alleluia,And lend the earth a brighter glow.Alleluia, Alleluia.The world itself is blithe and gray,Alleluia, Alleluia,And keep with Jesus Easter Day.Alleluia, Alleluia.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1904, the words are in 8 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.