“Morning has Broken” is a well-known traditional Christian hymn which is played a lot around Christmas. It has been performed by many artists including Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond and Art Garfunkel, and has been used recently in a TV advert for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The letter notes below can be shifted up or down in key depending on your instrument or skill level, or switched to Do-Re-Mi notation if you prefer. Low notes are prefixed with a full stop (.) and higher notes with a caret (^). Happy practice!
F – A C ^F-^G
Morning has broken
^E ^D ^C ^D-^C
Like the first morning
F – G A ^C – ^D
Blackbird has spoken
^C A F G
Like the first bird…
^C A ^C ^F-^D
Praise for the singing
^C A F F – G
Praise for the morning
A G A ^C – ^D
Praise for them springing
G A G F
Fresh from the world!
F A C ^F ^G
Sweet the rain’s new fall
^E-^D ^C ^D-^C
Sunlit from heaven
F G A ^C-^D
Like the first dewfall
^C A F G
On the first grass…
^C A ^C ^F – ^D
Praise for the sweetness
C A F F – G
Of the wet garden
A G A-^C-^D
Sprung in completeness
G A G F
Where his feet pass!