Christ in Song 389
HEAR THE PENNIES DROPPING
Words: Priscilla J. OwensMusic: W. J. Kirkpatrick
1Hear the pen-nies drop-ping, list-en as they fall,
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he shall have them all.
Now while we are lit-tle, pen-nies are our store,
But when we are big-ger, we can give much more.
RefrainDrop-ping, drop-ping, drop-ping, hear the pen-nies fall!
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he will get them all.
2Drop-ping, drop-ping, drop-ping, hear the pen-nies fall!
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he will get them all.
- Words
- Priscilla J. Owens
- Music
- W. J. Kirkpatrick
The verse
- Meter
- 11.11.12.11
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 63% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Hear the pen-nies drop-ping, list-en as they fall,/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/11A
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he shall have them all./˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/11A
Now while we are lit-tle, pen-nies are our store,//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/12B
But when we are big-ger, we can give much more.˘/˘˘/˘˘˘///11B
Verse 2
Drop-ping, drop-ping, drop-ping, hear the pen-nies fall!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/11A
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he will get them all./˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/11A
Refrain
Drop-ping, drop-ping, drop-ping, hear the pen-nies fall!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/11A
Ev-'ry one for Je-sus, he will get them all./˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/11A
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.