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Text:The Rifted Rock
Author:Lewis T. Hartsough
Tune:OISE
Composer:Robert Lowry
Media:MIDI file

11837. The Rifted Rock

1 In the rifted rock I’m resting,
Safe and sure from all alarm;
Storms and billows have united
All in vain to do me harm;
In the rifted rock I’m resting,
Surf is dashing at my feet,
Storm clouds dark are o’er me hovering,
Yet my rest is all complete.

Refrain:
In the rifted rock I’m resting,
Sure and safe from all alarm;
Storms and billows have united
All in vain to do me harm.

2 Many stormy seas I’ve traversed,
Endless gale and squall have known,
Have been driven without anchor,
On the barren shores, and lone;
Yet I now have found a haven,
Never moved by tempest shock,
Where my soul is safe forever,
In the blessèd rifted rock. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: In the rifted rock I’m resting
Title: The Rifted Rock
Author: Lewis T. Hartsough
Refrain First Line: In the rifted rock I’m resting
Meter: 87.87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Pure Gold by Robert Lowry and W. Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1871)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: ALDERSHOT by Charles D. Tillman
Tune Information
Name: OISE
Composer: Robert Lowry (1871)
Meter: 87.87.87 D
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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