Gems and Jewels ‎#143

143. Good Night

1 Loving word that’s nightly whisper’d
O’er each tiny trundle-bed,
While a mother’s benediction
Falls upon the sleeper’s head.

Chorus:
Loving good-night, tender good-night,
Sweet word of parting good-night.
Parting is only, only for night,
Meeting will come with the light.

2 When the toils of day are over,
Friend to friend bids soft good-night,
Praying that the coming morrow
Be with heaven’s blessing bright. [Chorus]

3 Gently whisper’d by the dying,
At the fading of the day;
Ent’ring in upon the shining
Of the heav’nly light for aye. [Chorus]

4 Some good-night will be the last one,
When our days of earth are o’er,
When we reach the shining portal
And earth’s twilights are no more. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Loving word that's nightly whispered
• Title: Good Night
• Author: Ella Lauder
• Refrain First Line: Loving good-night, tender good-night
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890

Tune Information

• Name: [Loving word that's nightly whispered]
• Composer: D. B. Towner