Raise the Song

Raise the song, raise the song, sound it far and near

Author: Edith J. Sanford Tillotson
Tune: [Raise the song, raise the song, sound it far and near]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1. Raise the song, raise the song, sound it far and near,
Let the notes of rapture swell
With the joyful words they tell;
Raise the song, raise the song, happy anthems bring,
Telling all who hear the call, the Lord is King.

Refrain
Bring, merrily bring, voices and hearts to join the song,
Sing, merrily sing, raising a chorus full and strong;
Ring, merrily ring, echoing bells from Heaven ring!
Joy we raise in a song of praise to Christ our King.

2. Raise the song, raise the song, over land and sea,
So our music may impart
Joy renewed in every heart;
Raise the song, raise the song, set the echoes free,
Words of praise, thro’ all our days, our song shall be. [Refrain]

3. Raise the song, raise the song, see the banners sway!
May they ever brightly shine
Glowing with a light divine;
Raise the song, raise the song, joyful anthems bring,
Music sweet must ever greet the Lord, our King. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #5729

Author: Edith J. Sanford Tillotson

Edith Sanford Tillotson was born and lived her entire life in Corona, New York. She wrote hymns for children as well as poems and librettos. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Raise the song, raise the song, sound it far and near
Title: Raise the Song
Author: Edith J. Sanford Tillotson
Source: The Bible School Hymnal, by Isaac H. Meredith & Grant Tullar (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1907), number 2
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Bring, merrily bring, voices and hearts to join the song
Copyright: Public Domain

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