Here's a hymn to welcome in the day
Heralding a summer's early sway
And all the bulbs all coming in

To begin
The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens
Disrupts my reverie again


Pegging clothing on the line
Training jasmine how to vine

Up the arbor to your door
And more
You're standing on the landing with the war

You shouldered all the night before

And once upon it

The yellow bonnets
Garland all the lawn
And you were waking

And day was breaking
A panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill


A barony of ivy in the trees
Expanding out its empire by degrees

And all the branches burst to bloom
In the boom
Heaven sent this cardinal maroon

To decorate our living room

Chorus


And years from now when this old light
Isn't ambling anymore

Will I bring myself to write
"I give my best to Springville Hill"


Chorus