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THE GREAT MACHINES OF HARVEST
The great machines of harvest
Have cleared the golden fields
Of wheat and rye and barley:
Now all their precious yields
Are milled to help to feed us
With crops from many parts:
So thank God for his bounty
With ever grateful hearts
Chorus:
All good gifts around us
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above
So thank the Lord,
O thank the Lord
For all his love
Throughout the world the farmers
Sow seeds of many strains
Which God then brings to fulness
Through sun and wind and rains.
By many means of transport
They’re brought so we can feed
Three times a day; be thankful
We’ve never been in need
Chorus
The crops the world produces
Should leave no-one unfed
But millions have died starving
Through thoughtlessness and greed.
At harvest time in our land
Lord give us grace that we
May think of those who hunger
And ever humble be
Chorus
If you like these words, you may want to look beyond Harvest at the collection of Christmas Carols and other seasonal material HERE
If you like these words, you may want to look beyond Harvest at the collection of Christmas Carols and other seasonal material HERE