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Text:Summer
Author:Julia H. Johnston
Tune:JOLIE
Composer:O. T. Wren
Media:MIDI file

8111. Summer

1 The long, long days of summer,
The sunny days are here;
The ripening grain is bending,
The air is soft and clear.

Refrain:
O God, Thy tender mercies
Like evening dews descend;
Thou givest rain and sunshine,
On Thee our hopes depend.

2 The glowing heat at noontide,
The hush of evening’s calm,
Remind us of Thy presence,
To Thee we raise our psalm. [Refrain]

3 In life’s fair summer weather,
Oh, may we look to Thee;
And when the storms o’ertake us,
Our refuge Thou shalt be. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: The long, long days of summer
Title: Summer
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Refrain First Line: O God, Thy tender mercies
Meter: 76.76 D
Language: English
Source: Bible Study Songs, by Bertha F. Vella and Daniel. B. Towner (Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1899)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: JOLIE
Composer: O. T. Wren (1899)
Meter: 76.76 D
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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