The fields are all white (Joseph Barnby)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP.
General Information
Title: The fields are all white
Composer: Joseph Barnby
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Number of voices: 1v Voicing: S
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 56. 65. 9
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 51, p. 23
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Original text and translations
English text
1 The fields are all white,
And the reapers are few,
We children are willing,
But what can we do,
To work for our Lord in His harvest?
2 Our hands are so small,
And our words are so weak,
We cannot teach others;
How then shall we seek
To work for our Lord in His harvest?
3 We'll work by our pray'rs,
By the off'rings we bring,
By small self-denials;
The least little thing
May work for our Lord in His harvest,
4 Until, by and by,
As the years pass at length,
We too may be reapers,
And go forth in strength
To work for our Lord in His harvest.