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Long Ago
Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Night had fallen darkly Refrain First Line: Long ago, long ago Lyrics: 1. Night had fallen darkly
Over Judea’s hill;
Shepherds watched in silence,
All the flocks were still;
Light dispelled the darkness,
Light, then day more fair,
Lo! a mighty angel,
Stood in glory there.
Refrain
Long ago, long ago,
Came that angel bright,
Fear ye not! Fear ye not!
Rang across the night.
Long ago, long ago,
Over a bed of hay,
Angels fair, in the air,
Watched where Jesus lay.
2. Shepherds of Judea,
Watching flocks by night;
Patient, gentle watchers
Trembled at the light,
Trembled when the glory
O’er the hillside spread,
Trembled till the angel
Fear not, sweetly said. [Refrain]
3. Hosts of shining angels
Joined the herald bright;
Legions from the glory,
Came that wondrous night—
Came with alleluias,
For a Savior born;
Came to tell the weary
Of redemption’s morn. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Night had fallen darkly] Text Sources: Sunday School Hymns No. 1, by Isaac H. Meredith & Grant C. Tullar (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903), numbers 134 & 263
Long Ago
[Night had fallen darkly]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. A. Post Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 34553 11357 65443 Used With Text: Long Ago
[Night had fallen darkly]
Long Ago
Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3907 First Line: Night had fallen darkly Refrain First Line: Long ago, long ago Lyrics: 1. Night had fallen darkly
Over Judea’s hill;
Shepherds watched in silence,
All the flocks were still;
Light dispelled the darkness,
Light, then day more fair,
Lo! a mighty angel,
Stood in glory there.
Refrain
Long ago, long ago,
Came that angel bright,
Fear ye not! Fear ye not!
Rang across the night.
Long ago, long ago,
Over a bed of hay,
Angels fair, in the air,
Watched where Jesus lay.
2. Shepherds of Judea,
Watching flocks by night;
Patient, gentle watchers
Trembled at the light,
Trembled when the glory
O’er the hillside spread,
Trembled till the angel
Fear not, sweetly said. [Refrain]
3. Hosts of shining angels
Joined the herald bright;
Legions from the glory,
Came that wondrous night—
Came with alleluias,
For a Savior born;
Came to tell the weary
Of redemption’s morn. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Night had fallen darkly]
Long Ago
Flora Kirkland
1862 - 1911 Author of "Long Ago" in The Cyber Hymnal Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911.
Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911
Flora Kirkland
