Sing Children of the World - Dawud Wharnsby

Sing, Children of The World


Walking through the crowded streets, of a market in Morocco
Sitting on a smiling camel, in the desert of Arabia
Chasing ’round the bamboo trees of Bandung, Indonesia
Gathering brightly coloured leaves, in a forest of Canada

Napping beneath the date palm shade, under blue skies of Tunisia
Freeing kites into the night from a roof-top in Pakistan.
Planting rows of beans and maize, on a small farm in Uganda
Laying back to count the stars, from somewhere in Afghanistan

Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! Our youth will unite us all.
Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! The truth will unite us all.
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar

Splashing through the pouring rain, in a village of Guyana
Nibbling cakes from picnic plates, on a mountaintop in Switzerland
Tending to a flock of sheep, down under in Australia
Greeting morning with a prayer, on the golden Egyptian sand

Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! Our youth will unite us all.
Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! The truth will unite us all.
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar

Crying himself to sleep, with no hope left for dreaming
Begging in the burning sun, holding out her hand.
Palms held tightly on his ears, to muffle all the screaming
Sitting where here house once stood, trying hard to understand.

See the children of the World
…all the children of the World
Sing for the children of the World, pray for the children of the world

Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! Our youth will unite us all.
Sing, Children of the World! Come together and hear the call.
Sing, Children of the World! The truth will unite us all.
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallahu Akbar