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Text:In our work and in our play
Author:William Chatterton Dix, 1837-1898
Tune:BUCKLAND
Composer:Leighton G. Hayne, 1836-1883

653. In our work and in our play

1 In our work and in our play,
Jesus, be thou ever near,
guarding, guiding, all the day,
keeping in thy holy fear.

2 Thou didst toil, O royal Child,
in the far-off Holy Land,
blessing labour undefiled,
pure and honest, of the hand.

3 Thou wilt bless our play-hour too,
if we ask thy succour strong;
watch o'er all we say and do,
Hold us back from guilt and wrong.

4 O, how happy thus to spend
work and play-time in his sight,
till the rest which shall not end,
till the day which knows not night!

Text Information
First Line: In our work and in our play
Author: William Chatterton Dix, 1837-1898
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: For the Young
Tune Information
Name: BUCKLAND
Composer: Leighton G. Hayne, 1836-1883
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Key: D Major



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