Frederic Woodman Root

1. Bells of early morning, Cheerily to labor calling me; From refreshing slumber Do I rise and haste to answer thee. 2. Bells of Sabbath morning, Soothingly thy tones salute mine ear, Telling of the Father, Who to all his own is ever near. 3. Bells of Heav'n...

"You see sir, poor Mary, when her little Benny was drounded, her wits went out like, and she spent most of her days a talking to the waters; and one day sir, we found the poor girl drounded sir, drounded! She had gone to her boy BEYOND." Roaring and raving ag...

1. Delicate white-tinted blossom, Heavy with incense and dew, Fragile, and lovely, and tender, Long I've been seeking for you. REFRAIN Beautiful, beautiful lily, Heaven-sent emblem to me; No king in his golden grandeur Was ever arrayed like thee. 2. Pearly-h...

1. Wake the song of jubilee! Let it echo over the sea: Now is come the promised hour: Jesus reigns with sov'reign power. 2. All ye nations! join and sing, "Christ, of lords and kings, is King!" Let it sound from shore to shore, "Jesus reigns for everymore!" 

1. When the chains of slumber bind us In their golden coils at night; When we’ve left the world behind us, In a dreamy spirit flight; Then, O then, when wrapp’d in slumber, Do our hearts ecstatic leap, At the beauties without number, That appear to us in sleep...

If I were a rose---fragrant and sweet, with heart fill'd with purest, diamond dew, I'd wrap me about in leafy retreat, And quietly wait thy hurrying feet, Then blush And blossom Then blush and blossom for you. If I were a star with silv'ry light, I'd shine wi...

He kissed her lips and sailed away, And as his bark went down the bay He turned with one last look to say Good bye, sweetheart, for many a day; He turned with one last look to say Good bye sweetheart, Good bye, Good bye for many a day, Good bye sweetheart, Go...

1. Now I'll whistle, now I'll sing; Now I'll caper, now I'll fling; Now the chairs about I'll wring, For know you sir, I'm married. Happy days have come at last. All my doubts and fears have past. All my cares behind are cast. And fast and firm I'm married. An...

Night on the ocean dark and cold... A shadowy beach where the wild sea rolled, The foam capp'd waves as with sullen roar, They angrily dashed on the desolate shore, Over the waves a feeble light, From the fisherman's but gleamed thro' the night, While a woman...

1. It never pays to fret and growl When distant fortune seems our foe; The better bred Will push ahead And strike the braver blow. [CHORUS] For luck is work And those who shirk Should no lament their doom, But yield the play And clear the way That better men...

1. My thoughts surmount these lower skies, And look within the vail; There springs of endless pleasures rise-- The waters never fail. 2. Light are the pains that nature brings: How short our sorrows are: When with eternal future things The present we compare....

1. My thoughts surmount these lower skies, And look within the vail; There springs of endless pleasures rise-- The waters never fail. 2. Light are the pains that nature brings: How short our sorrows are: When with eternal future things The present we compare....

1. Come weary souls, with sin distress'd, Come and accept the promise'd rest; The Saviour's gracious call obey, And cast your gloomy fears away. 2. Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, To cleanse your guilt and heal you woes; Pardon, and life, and endless peac...

1. When e’er a duty waits for thee, With sober judgment view it, And never ifly wish it done; Begin at once and do it. 2. For Sloth says falsely: “Byandby Is just as well to do it;” But present strength is surest strength: Begin at once and do it. 3. And fea...

1. Lowly and solemn be Thy children's cry to thee, Father divine -- A hymn of suppliant breath, Owning that life and death, Owning that life and death Alike are thine. 2. O Father! in that hour When earth all succoring power Shall disavow, When spear, and shi...

1. I know I'm called a gay brunette, With jetty, curly hair; But O, I'm weary of dark curls, And wish that they were fair; O I must be a blond, Mother, O let me be a blonde! O I must be a blond, Mother, O let me be a blonde! REFRAIN Do Ma! Please Ma! Now Ma!...

1. There's a sweet, sweet song on the slumbrous air, That drifts thro' the vale of dreams; It comes from a clime where the roses were, It comes from a clime where the roses were; The tuneful heart and the bright brown hair That rivaled morning's beams. 2. The...

You need not search for the sunshine bright. You need not grope in the dark some night. You need not wander without the light, If you’ll open your eyes and see it; You need not wander without the light, Just open your eyes and see it; You need not pine for mu...

1. Over and over again the brook thro’ the meadow flows, And over, and over, and over again, The tireless mill wheel goes, So the dews of morning must fall, And the sun, and the summer rain Must do their part, and perform it all Over and over again. 2. Over a...

1. Never a thought of the world he was leaving, Naught of its glory, its gladness, or grieving. Only of her, whom the stroke was bereaving-- Poor Carlotta, Poor Carlotta. CHORUS Much had he loved, and let much be forgiven, Over the billows like star tempest d...

1. Life is a see-saw board --- how we go Away to the skies all sunny; Downward, and never so swift, so low, As when we have lost our money. [CHORUS] Life is a see-saw --- friend and foe, Here-away, there-away, how they go, Here-away, There-away, Here-away, Th...

1. The world grows old, and men grow cold To each while seeking treasure, And what with want, and care and toil, We scarce find time for pleasure. But never mind that is a loss Not much to be lamented: Life rolls on gaily if we will But smile and be contented....

1. There is here a strain in a minor key,, On which white lips love to linger; And the hand that wakens that harmony Hath a thin and wasted finger; But the glad “new song” is of blended ties That the earth may no more sunder; [CHORUS] And the diff’rence seeme...

1. The light is in the parlor, A fire is in the grate; The clock upon the mantle Ticks out --"it's getting late" -- The curtains at the windows Are made of snowy white, The parlor is a pleasant place To sit on Sunday night, To sit on Sunday, Sunday night. 2....

Gentle eyes we closed below, Tender voices heard once more; Smile and call us as they call, On and onward still before. Guided thus O, friend of mine! Let of walk our little way; Knowing by each beck’ning sign That we are not quite astray. Chase we stillwith...

What might be done if all mankind The golden rule would follow, Then friendship's smile would prove less false And friendship's vows less hollow. 

1. I hear about by day and night, The most acute of maladies; To picture it in black and white, The object of this ballad is. Permit me, hearer, if you please, To breath in your auricular; I suffer from the fell disease, Called "nothing in particular." Nothing...

1. 'Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. No flower of her kindred No rose bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, And give sigh for sigh, To reflect back her blushes, And give sigh for sigh. 2. I'll...

How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view. The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood, And all the loved spots that my infancy knew. The wide spreading pond and the mill that stood by it, The brid...

1. O, childhood's joys is very grate, A swingin on his muther's gate, A eatin candy till his mouth Is all stuck up from north to south. & other things he likes kwite well, That I hadnt time just here to tell, But if he is sent kwite a phool, He'd rather go...

1. 'Neath the vine Which does twine By our door, a flower was found, Modest, fair, Standing there, Off'ring its perfume. By our door, One flower more Shed a blessing all around: Little Sue, Loving, true, In her early bloom. To the flower she gently said, Tears...

1. Spring is coming! Summer's comming! Tho' no busy bee is humming No dove cooing, No bird mating, Only frost around, and skating Though the sun's dull ruddy gleam Finds no mirror in the stream, Still reflected in the snow, Shines the homely firelight's glow....

Violets, violets, beautiful violets, Laden with perfume and dripping with dew, From dell and from dingle, by rill and rivulet, Lady, at sunrise I sought them for you; Enclosed in a cluster of green leaves I found them, Hiding their heads from the gaze of the...

1. There are voices, holy voices Coming from afar away; They are always sounding near me, And I hear them ev’ry day: Yet my eyes with tears are brimming, And my heart beats hard and fast, While I listen to the voices, Holy voices of the past. 2. There are voi...

1. We are waiting for you, waiting, And the darkness closes round, As we listen for the coming Of your foorsteps’ welcome sound. O the hours are long and weary, And without one ray to cheer, When your pleasant smile, my darling, Is not ever, ever near! [CHORU...

1. Delicate tinted white blossoms, Heavy with incense and dew Fragile and lovely and tender, Long I’ve been waiting for you; Roaming thro’ meadow and moorland, Vainly I sought you and well Dreaming of exquisite fragrance Hid in each fairy shaped bell. CHORUS...

1. Cold Winter comes with angry look, And from the frozen North Summons his clans to seal each brook And drive each comfort forth, Then in a chariot of snow Rides over land and sea; Although it speaks of wreck and woe, It's good enough for me! 2. Old Winter w...