Woodland Song

Joyfully, joyfully, feathered friends call,
the chickadees and grosbeaks and orioles all,
to sing a lyric melody at opening of day,
to start the winging choir, a-chirping all the way!

Over high, down below, beside the babbling brook,
cardinals and veeries resound in every nook;
the drumming of the ruffed grouse, the cooing of the dove,
the tapping of the woodpecker that echoes high above!

“Yahweh God! Yahweh God!”, into the evening night,
hummingbirds and nuthatches turn in from their flight,
and in the final light of day, the robin sings her song—
What joy to hear the woodland birds sing praises all day long!

Copyright 2014