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God scatters His gold with a lavish hand

Tenor           
      
God scat - ters His gold with a la - vish hand, O’er mea - dow, and

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There daf - fo - dil, dai - sy, and li - ly nod, With but - ter - cup,

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field, and the pas - ture land; And e - ven the hills show its glit - t’ring tawn, Be -

                 
cow - slip, and gol - den - rod; There dan - de - lions co - ver the spring - ing sod, There

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neath the swift touch of the frost king’s wand. Un - less by re - straint of a bro - ther’s

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vi - o - lets hide, and the ro - ses lift, And ha - zel blooms - In - di - an Sum - mer’s

               
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hand, No child is so poor that he can - not have Such wealth as no Croe - sus could

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gift, Re - mind - ing our hearts of the won - drous rod, That bud - ded and bloomed where the

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lord - ly own; No child is so rich but this wealth adds more To all of the

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Nile sands drift And earth is wide - strewn with the wealth of God, For but - ter - fly,

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       
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trea - sures he has in store; And free - ly it lies in the whole of out - door.

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bee, or a lit - tle boy, Who tod - dles his way to a pa - ra - dise

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        
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Of flow - ers, of laugh - ter, and rip - pling joy.

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