Text: | Why Stand Ye Here Idle? |
Author: | R. P. O. |
Tune: | [Why stand ye here all the day idle, I pray?] |
Composer: | R. Porter Orr |
1 Why stand ye here all day idle, I pray?
Go into my vineyard and labor today;
The harvest is plenteous but lab’rers are few,
Then haste ye away, there’s employment for you.
Refrain:
Standing idle!
Go labor today;
Go into my vineyard;
Haste, haste ye away.
2 Too much of your time has already been lost;
The world and its pleasures, ah! dearly they cost.
Why tarry ye longer? Be up and away,
And that which is right for thy wages I’ll pay. [Refrain]
3 The harvest is passing and soon will be o’er;
The gracious entreaty ye’ll hear then no more.
Ah! sad the reflection on mem’ry engraved,
“The summer is ended, and I am not saved.” [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why stand ye here all the day idle, I pray? |
Title: | Why Stand Ye Here Idle? |
Author: | R. P. O. |
Refrain First Line: | Standing idle! Go labor today |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1891 |
Topic: | Activity and Work |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Why stand ye here all the day idle, I pray?] |
Composer: | R. Porter Orr |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |