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37. Softly and Tenderly

   1.
   Softly and tenderly Nature is calling,
   Calling for you and for me.
   See, in the mountains and valleys it’s waiting,
   Waiting for you and for me.

   Refrain:
   Come home, come home.
   You who are weary, come home.
   Earnestly, tenderly Nature is calling,
   Calling, O children, come home.

   2.
   Why should we tarry when Nature is calling,
   Calling for you and for me?
   Why should we linger and heed not its mercies,
   mercies for you and for me?

   Refrain.

   3.
   Go spend an hour each day in the gloaming,
   Sit quiet. Be done with your roaming.
   Static and noise will soon fade from your mind:
   Gift that all seekers can find.

   Refrain.

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Traditional Title: Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling.
New Words by Douglas Milburn.

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