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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

God bless the Master
Language: English 
God Bless the master of this house,
with happiness beside
Where'er his body rides or walks
His God must be his guide
His God must be his guide.
 
God Bless the mistress of this house
With gold chain on her breast
Where'er her body sleeps or wakes,
Lord send her soul to rest,
Lord send her soul to rest.
 
God Bless your house, your children too,
Your cattle and your store,
The Lord increase you day by day
And send you more and more
And send you more and more.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "God bless the Master", 1950 [women's chorus], from the cantata Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, no. 5d, (Winter), Oxford University Press [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 15
Word count: 90

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