The Riverside song book/The Corn Song
For works with similar titles, see The Corn Song.
![\relative c' { << \new Voice = "a" { \time 6/8 \key g \major \autoBeamOff \partial 8 d8 g4 g8 g[fis] g a4 a8 a4 a8 b4 b8 d[c] a g4. r4 d8 g4 g8 g[fis] g a4 a8 a4 a8 b4 b8 d[c] a g4. r4 d'8 cis4 a8 a[b] cis d4 a8 fis'4 d8 cis4 a8 a[b] cis d4. ~ d4 \fermata } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"1. " Heap8 high4 the8 farm4 -- er’s8 win4 -- try8 hoard!4 Heap8 high4 the8 gold4 -- en8 corn!4. \skip4 No8 rich4 -- er8 gift4 -- had8 Au4 -- tumn8 poured4 From8 out4 her8 lav4 -- ish8 horn!4. \skip4 So8 let4 the8 good4 old8 crop4 a8 -- dorm4 The8 hills4 our8 fa4 -- thers8 trod;4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"2. " Let8 oth4 -- er8 lands,4 ex8 -- ult4 -- ing,8 glean4 The8 ap4 -- ple8 from4 the8 pine,4. \skip4 The8 or4 -- ange8 from4 its8 glossy4. green,4 The8 clus4 -- ter8 from4 the8 vine;4. \skip4 We8 bet4 -- ter8 love4 the8 har4 -- dy8 gift4 Our8 rug4 -- ged8 vales4 be8 -- stow,4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"3. " Thro’8 vales4 of8 grass4 and8 meads4 of8 flow’rs4 Our8 ploughs4 their8 furr4 -- ows8 made,4. \skip4 While8 on4 the8 hills4 the8 sun4 and8 showers4 Of8 change4 -- ful8 A4 -- pril8 played.4. \skip4 We8 dropp’d4 the8 seed4 o’er8 hill4 and8 plain,4 Be8 neath4 the8 sun4 of8 May,4 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"4. " All8 thro’4 the8 long,4 bright8 days4 of8 June4 Its8 leaves4 grew8 green4 and8 fair,4. \skip4 And8 wav’d4 in8 hot4 mid8 -- sum4 -- mer’s8 noon4 Its8 soft4 and8 yel4 --low8 hair4. \skip4 And8 now,4 with8 au4 -- tumn’s8 moon4 -- lit8 eves,4 Its8 har4 -- vest8 -- time4 has8 come,4 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"5. " Let8 vap4 -- id8 i4 -- dlers8 loll4 in8 silk4 A8 -- round4 their8 cost4 -- ly8 board;4. \skip4 Give8 us4 the8 bowl4 of8 samp4 and8 milk,4 By8 home4 -- spun8 beau4 -- ty8 poured!4. \skip4 Wher8 -- e’er4 the8 wide4 old8 kitch4 -- en8 hearth4 Sends8 up4 its8 smoky4. curls,4. } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \key g \major \partial 8 d,8 b d g b, d g a, d fis a, d fis b, d g a, d fis b, d g g, b d b d g b, d g a, d fis a, d fis b, d g a, d fis b, d g r4. a,8 cis g' a, cis g' a, d fis a, d fis a, cis g' a, cis g' <a, d fis>4. ~ <a d fis>4 \fermata } \new Staff { \key g \major \clef bass \partial 8 { r8 g,4. r4. d' r4. g, d' g, r4. g r4. d' r4. g, d' g g,4 r8 a4. r4. d r4. a r4. d <d, d'>4 \fermata } } >> >> }](//upload.wikimedia.org/score/0/s/0sbbz4oktytofeg1fwvhjbvz5aio25g/0sbbz4ok.png)
John Greenleaf Whittier.
German Air.
![\relative c' { << \new Voice = "a" { \time 6/8 \key g \major \autoBeamOff \partial 8 d8 g4 g8 g[fis] g a4 a8 a4 a8 b4 b8 d[c] a g4. r4 d8 g4 g8 g[fis] g a4 a8 a4 a8 b4 b8 d[c] a g4. r4 d'8 cis4 a8 a[b] cis d4 a8 fis'4 d8 cis4 a8 a[b] cis d4. ~ d4 \fermata } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"1. " Heap8 high4 the8 farm4 -- er’s8 win4 -- try8 hoard!4 Heap8 high4 the8 gold4 -- en8 corn!4. \skip4 No8 rich4 -- er8 gift4 -- had8 Au4 -- tumn8 poured4 From8 out4 her8 lav4 -- ish8 horn!4. \skip4 So8 let4 the8 good4 old8 crop4 a8 -- dorm4 The8 hills4 our8 fa4 -- thers8 trod;4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"2. " Let8 oth4 -- er8 lands,4 ex8 -- ult4 -- ing,8 glean4 The8 ap4 -- ple8 from4 the8 pine,4. \skip4 The8 or4 -- ange8 from4 its8 glossy4. green,4 The8 clus4 -- ter8 from4 the8 vine;4. \skip4 We8 bet4 -- ter8 love4 the8 har4 -- dy8 gift4 Our8 rug4 -- ged8 vales4 be8 -- stow,4. } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"3. " Thro’8 vales4 of8 grass4 and8 meads4 of8 flow’rs4 Our8 ploughs4 their8 furr4 -- ows8 made,4. \skip4 While8 on4 the8 hills4 the8 sun4 and8 showers4 Of8 change4 -- ful8 A4 -- pril8 played.4. \skip4 We8 dropp’d4 the8 seed4 o’er8 hill4 and8 plain,4 Be8 neath4 the8 sun4 of8 May,4 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"4. " All8 thro’4 the8 long,4 bright8 days4 of8 June4 Its8 leaves4 grew8 green4 and8 fair,4. \skip4 And8 wav’d4 in8 hot4 mid8 -- sum4 -- mer’s8 noon4 Its8 soft4 and8 yel4 --low8 hair4. \skip4 And8 now,4 with8 au4 -- tumn’s8 moon4 -- lit8 eves,4 Its8 har4 -- vest8 -- time4 has8 come,4 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"a" \set stanza = #"5. " Let8 vap4 -- id8 i4 -- dlers8 loll4 in8 silk4 A8 -- round4 their8 cost4 -- ly8 board;4. \skip4 Give8 us4 the8 bowl4 of8 samp4 and8 milk,4 By8 home4 -- spun8 beau4 -- ty8 poured!4. \skip4 Wher8 -- e’er4 the8 wide4 old8 kitch4 -- en8 hearth4 Sends8 up4 its8 smoky4. curls,4. } \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \key g \major \partial 8 d,8 b d g b, d g a, d fis a, d fis b, d g a, d fis b, d g g, b d b d g b, d g a, d fis a, d fis b, d g a, d fis b, d g r4. a,8 cis g' a, cis g' a, d fis a, d fis a, cis g' a, cis g' <a, d fis>4. ~ <a d fis>4 \fermata } \new Staff { \key g \major \clef bass \partial 8 { r8 g,4. r4. d' r4. g, d' g, r4. g r4. d' r4. g, d' g g,4 r8 a4. r4. d r4. a r4. d <d, d'>4 \fermata } } >> >> }](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/0/s/0sbbz4oktytofeg1fwvhjbvz5aio25g/0sbbz4ok.png)
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Still let us, for his gold - en corn, Send up our thanks to God!
To cheer us when the storm shall drift Our har - vest-fields with snow,
And frighten'd from our sprouting grain The rob - ber crows a - way.
We pluck a - way the frost-ed leaves, And bear the treas - ure home,
Who will not thank the kind - ly earth, And bless our farm - er girls!