Additional verses to All Things Bright and Beautiful?

May 9, 2009 4:18 PM

I'm looking for the Asian verses for "All Things Bright and Beautiful", the classic english hymn. We sang it as children in Singapore, and my mother would like us to sing it for my dad's funeral tomorrow. All we can remember is that the additional verses were about the jungle and corals? It is *not* the Australian additional verses with the kookuburra.
posted by viggorlijah to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: So sorry for your loss.

This is what I have at the back of my Hymns Ancient and Modern, under "additional verses" that isn't specifically Australian (gum trees and what-not):

The many coloured corals,
the creatures of the sea,
of forest, field or jungle,
on farms, or roaming free
posted by Sidhedevil at 6:36 PM on May 9, 2009

Looks like Sidhedevil has it, but just in case you need more, here are some other verses, and here is a piano track.

1. CHORUS
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

2. Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings.
All things bright ...

3. The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And order'd their estate.
All things bright ...

4. The purple headed mountains,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky;−
All things bright ...

5. The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,−
He made them every one:
All things bright ...

6. The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
We gather every day;−
All things bright ...

7. He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.

I'm sorry to hear about your dad.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 6:48 PM on May 9, 2009

Response by poster: A friend of my mother's found the verses in a book called The Saints Sing:

The sea bejewelled with islands
And fishes formed by him,
The palm fringed sandy beaches
He made for us to swim

The dark and steamy jungle,
The pouring monsoon rain,
The jade green of the paddy
Beneath the sun's bright flame

The flame tree of the forest
The bulbuls in bamboo,
The monkeys and the tiger
And golden oriole too

The slopes where we grew rubber,
The tin deep in the ground,
The rambutans and mango
He made and we have found

The Indian and the Chinese,
The Malay in sarong,
He made to live in concord,
Like voices in a song

Same refrain and closing verse as above though.

Thanks!
posted by viggorlijah at 6:30 AM on May 10, 2009