Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Cat Stevens – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
Rick Wakeman – piano and piano arrangements
Alun Davies – guitar and backing vocals
Larry Steele – bass
Harvey Burns – drums
Del Newman – string arrangements
The melody is a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune called “Bunessan,” with lyrics written by Eleanor Farjeon in 1931. Adapted and arranged by Cat Stevens and Rick Wakeman. Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith, engineered by Mike Bobak and Robin Black.
Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken Lyrics
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the World
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from Heaven
Like the first dew fall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the One Light Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s re-creation of the new day
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the World
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