All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,All things wise and wonderful,The Lord God made them all.
1Each little flower that opens,Each little bird that sings,He made their glowing colours,He made their tiny wings.
2The rich man in his castle,The poor man at his gate,God made them, high or lowly,And order’d their estate.
3The purple-headed mountain,The river running by,The sunset and the morning,That brightens up the sky;
4The cold wind in the winter,The pleasant summer sun,The ripe fruits in the garden,He made them every one;
5The tall trees in the greenwood,The meadows where we play,The rushes by the water,We gather every day;
6He gave us eyes to see them,And lips that we might tellHow great is God Almighty,Who has made all things well.
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Where it comes in the service
In a Church of England funeral hymns may be sung at any suitable point; the Church's own step-by-step guide places one once everyone has gathered and another after the prayers. At a Catholic funeral Mass there is an entrance song, Communion hymns and a closing hymn at the procession.
Commonly sung: The first verse is sung at the start and as the refrain after every other verse (Hymns Ancient and Modern, hymn 573: 'Verse 1, and the Refrain after Verses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7'). The third verse ('The rich man in his castle') is usually omitted today. In step 5 you can tick exactly which verses to print.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful is in the public domain in the United States (first published 1848) and in the United Kingdom (author died 1895), so the words can be printed in a booklet without permission or a fee.
Printed here as in the source, except: Removed dashes after 'That brightens up the sky;', 'The ripe fruits in the garden,' and 'We gather every day;' (printed ';--', ',--', ';--'); the 1850 first American edition of Hymns for Little Children has plain punctuation at the second of these; 'The cold wind in the winter,': comma taken from the 1916 printing and Hymns for Little Children; it is unclear in the Standard Edition scan.