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4188 | The Cyber Hymnal#4189 | 4190 |
Text: | My Days Are Swiftly Gliding By |
Author: | David Nelson |
Tune: | SHINING CITY |
Composer: | George Frederick Root |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. My days are gliding swiftly by;
And I, a pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as they fly,
Those hours of toil and labor.
Refrain
For, oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand;
Our friends are passing over;
And, just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
2. We’ll gird our loins, my brethren dear,
Our distant home discerning:
Our waiting Lord has left us word,
Let ev’ry lamp be burning. [Refrain]
3. Should coming days be cold and dark,
We need not cease our singing:
That perfect rest naught can molest,
Where golden harps are ringing. [Refrain]
4. Let sorrow’s rudest tempest blow,
Each cord on earth to sever:
Our King says, Come, and there’s our home,
Forever, oh! forever. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My days are gliding swiftly by |
Title: | My Days Are Swiftly Gliding By |
Author: | David Nelson (1835) |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SHINING CITY |
Composer: | George Frederick Root (1855) |
Incipit: | 55112 31235 32161 |
Key: | E Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |