Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken
From "Teaser and the Firecat" (1971)
        
Arranger: Cat Stevens
Lyrics: Eleanor Farjeon
Music: Bunessan (a traditional hymn tune based on a Scottish folk melody)
Additional music (piano interludes): Rick Wakeman

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[Intro]
                             

[Verse 1]
             
Morning has br

           
oken, like the

          
 first morning
             
Blackbird has 

        
spoken, like t

            
he first bird
             
Praise for the

           
 singing, prai

            
se for the mor

 
ning
             
Praise for the

           
m springing fr

             
esh from the w

ord

[Instrumental]
                      

[Verse 2]
              
Sweet the rain

          
's new fall, s

             
unlit from hea

 
ven
             
Like the first

        
 dew fall, on 

             
the first gras

 
s
             
Praise for the

           
 sweetness of 

          
the wet garden
            
Sprung in comp

            
leteness where

          
 his feet pass

[Instrumental]
                                

[Verse 3]
             
Mine is the su

           
nlight, mine i

         
s the morning
           
Born of the on

          
e light, Eden 

       
saw play
            
Praise with el

            
ation, praise 

        
every morning
           
God's recrea-t

             
ion of the new

 
 day

[Instrumental]
                         

[Verse 4]
             
Morning has br

           
oken, like the

          
 first morning
             
Blackbird has 

        
spoken, like t

            
he first bird
             
Praise for the

           
 singing, prai

            
se for the mor

 
ning
             
Praise for the

           
m springing fr

             
esh from the w

ord

[Outro]