When you walk through the woods
Language: English
When you walk through woods, I want you
to see
The floating gold of a bumble bee.
Rivers of sunlight, pools of shade,
Toadstools sleeping in mossy jade.
A cobweb net with a catch of dew,
Treetops cones against the blue,
Dancing flowers, bright green flies,
And birds to put rainbows in your eyes.
When you walk through woods I want you
to hear
A million sounds in your little ear,
The scratch and rattle of wind-tossed trees,
A rush, a timid chipmunk flees.
The cry of a hawk from the distant sky,
The purr of leaves when a breeze rolls by,
Brooks that mumble, stones that ring,
And birds to teach your heart to sing.
When you walk through the woods I want you
to feel
That no mere man could make this real...
Could paint the throb of a butterfly's wings,
Could teach a woodchuck how to sing,
Could give the wonders of earth and sky;
There's something greater than you or I.
When you walk through the woods and the birches nod,
Son, meet a friend of mine named GOD.
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "When you walk through the woods", copyright © 1950 [ voice and piano ], copyright for the song assigned 1999 to Masters Music Publications [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-28
Line count: 27
Word count: 192