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Text:Just Before the Dawning
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream]
Composer:Charles Austin Miles
Media:MIDI file

3476. Just Before the Dawning

1. O’er the silver waters of a pearly stream,
Just before the dawning of the day;
Angel guards descending in a happy dream,
Bear us to the summer land away.

Refrain
Lo, a shining band, waiting on the strand,
Greet us with a sweet and tuneful lay;
Gentle words of cheer in that dream we hear,
Just before the dawning of the day.

2. O the bliss enchanting! O the visions there!
Bursting like a flood of golden light;
Not a wave of sorrow, not a throb of care,
In that happy, happy dream so bright. [Refrain]

3. Dreaming still we wander while our lifted eyes
View a world of love and joy untold,
Dreaming still we listen to the songs that rise
From the hearts that never more grow old. [Refrain]

4. Now from sleep awaking, see the morning beams
Chasing all the clouds of night away;
Yet the harp of memory brings the happy dream
Just before the dawning of the day. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream
Title: Just Before the Dawning
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1901)
Refrain First Line: Lo, a shining band, waiting on the strand
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream]
Composer: Charles Austin Miles
Incipit: 34555 56716 53334
Key: Dā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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