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Text:When We Waken
Author:Abbie C. McKeever
Tune:[When the long, long night is over]
Composer:L. O. Emerson

84. When We Waken

1 When the long, long night is over,
And we waken from our sleep;
When the shadows dark shall hover,
And no watcher vigils keep.

Chorus:
Oh, the rapture of the morning!
When the long, long night is o'er;
Oh, the garlands for adorning,
When we waken evermore!

2 Shall we wake to blessed morning
In the world beyond the skies,
And wear garlands for adorning
In that home where man ne'er dies? [Chorus]

3 Sweet will be the life up yonder,
Rare will be the music heard;
Nevermore from him to wander,
Who has kept his gracious word. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: When the long, long night is over
Title: When We Waken
Author: Abbie C. McKeever
Refrain First Line: Oh, the rapture of the morning!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1883
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [When the long, long night is over]
Composer: L. O. Emerson
Incipit: 33455 17654 33
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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