Far round the world

Far round the world
GenreHymn
Writtenbefore 1927
TextBasil Joseph Mathews
Meter10.10.10.10
MelodyDunblane Cathedral by Archie Fairbairn Barnes
Farley Castle by Henry Lawes
Parting by Jane W. Rhodes
Peel Castle arr. William Henry Gill
Rutgers by Charles Henry Doersam
Woodlands by Walter Greatorex

Far round the world thy children sing their song is an English hymn written by Basil Joseph Mathews (1879 – 1951) published in Church Hymnary in 1927.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland – Maggie Humphries and Robert Evans, Mansell Publishing, 1997 (p. 21) ISBN 0 7201 2330 5
  2. ^ Far round the world thy children sing their song at Hymnary.org
  3. ^ Far round the world Thy children sing at Small Church Music
  4. ^ School Praise, 1937 Hymn No. 266 (page 114)