Before changing his name to Yusef Islam later in the decade, Cat Stevens released Morning Has Broken in 1972. The song, based on a hymn published in 1931, reached #1 on the US Bill Board Adult Contemporary Chart.
The tune and lyrics combine to greet each dawn like the first day of creation.
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 rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven
Like the first dewfall 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 recreation of the new day
May God grant us the grace to awake each day with the Psalmist’s words on our lips:
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Treasure in Jars of Clay 
I love that song. Thanks, I needed thaqt this morning. Miss you at FUMCLV.
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Just heard Third Day’s version of this song a couple of weeks ago. A wonderful song!
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One of my very favorite songs by a musician that I love. I still refer to him as Cat Stevens even though he took the name Yusef.
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