Lyrics
(Folk tune, Lyrics by Christina Rossetti)
Boats sail on the rivers
And ships sail on the seas,
But the clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers
As pretty as you please,
But the bow that bridges heaven
And over-tops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky
Is prettier far than these.
See also
- Subjects: colors / rain
- Melody: descending major pentascale
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: major
- Rhythm:
- Source: Songs for the Little Child, Clara Belle Baker, Caroline Kohlsaat, 1921
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
