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Christ in Song 247

Valley Lilies

Words: Flora KirklandMusic: Anita Corey

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1Con-sid-er the lil-ies of the field, how they grow! "Not Sol-o-mon in all
Val-ley lil-ies, gold-en heart-ed, Love's sweet mes-sage you un-furl, For you tell us
Val-ley lil-ies, in the eve-ning your per-fume is sent a-broad, Ever point-ing

RefrainSnow-y lil-ies of the val-ley, Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley,
Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley, Speak a-gain your mes-sage sweet!

2Pure and lil-y-white, bend-ing low in prayer, For you teach us to be meek,
Perfumed prayers for the night-time, If we sought His Fa-ther's care, Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley,
Then we would be like the lil-ies, That we care, The world may come.

3Speak a-gain your mes-sage sweet, Tell us how to live for Je-sus, Heav-en's Lil-y, somewhat fair!

Scripture
Matthew 6:28-29

From "Glad Tidings" by per. of Gospel Advocate Publishing Co.

The verse

Meter
18.19.19
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Con-sid-er the lil-ies of the field, how they grow! "Not Sol-o-mon in all˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/18A
Val-ley lil-ies, gold-en heart-ed, Love's sweet mes-sage you un-furl, For you tell us/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘˘/˘19B
Val-ley lil-ies, in the eve-ning your per-fume is sent a-broad, Ever point-ing/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘19C

Verse 2

Pure and lil-y-white, bend-ing low in prayer, For you teach us to be meek,/˘???/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/17A
Perfumed prayers for the night-time, If we sought His Fa-ther's care, Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley,˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘22B
Then we would be like the lil-ies, That we care, The world may come./˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15C

Verse 3

Speak a-gain your mes-sage sweet, Tell us how to live for Je-sus, Heav-en's Lil-y, somewhat fair!/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///22A

Refrain

Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley, Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley,/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘16A
Snow-y lil-ies of the val-ley, Speak a-gain your mes-sage sweet!/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.