Songs of Rejoicing

Songs of rejoicin’,

Of love and of cheer,

Are the songs that I'm yearnin’ for

Year after year.

The songs about children

Who laugh in their glee

Are the songs worth the singin’,

The bright songs for me.

Songs of rejoicin’,

Of kisses and love,

Of faith in the Father,

Who sends from above

The sunbeams to scatter

The gloom and the fear;

These songs worth the singin’,

The songs of good cheer.

Songs of rejoicin’,

Oh, sing them again,

The brave songs of courage

Appealing to men.

Of hope in the future

Of heaven the goal;

The songs of rejoicin’

That strengthen the soul.