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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.