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Text:Sleeper, awake!
Author:E. D. Mund
Tune:[Sleeper, awake! the sun is high]
Composer:E. S. Lorenz

86. Sleeper, awake!

1 Sleeper, awake! the sun is high,
The morning hours will soon pass by;
Sleeper, awake! why idling here.
When earth's wide fields all white appear?

Chorus:
Sleeper, awake! Sleeper, awake!
Sleeper, awake! the day is passing by!
Sleeper, awake! Sleeper, awake!
Sleeper, awake! the night is drawing nigh!

2 Sleeper, awake! heav'ns joys, I fear,
Are not for those who idle here;
Sleeper, awake! life's meaning learn
From slumber rise, to labor turn. [Chorus]

3 Sleeper, awake! how canst thou rest,
When souls are lost and hearts oppress'd?
Sleeper, awake! God calls today
Lead back to Christ the souls that stray. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Sleeper, awake! the sun is high
Title: Sleeper, awake!
Author: E. D. Mund
Refrain First Line: Sleeper, awake! Sleeper, awake!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Sleeper, awake! the sun is high]
Composer: E. S. Lorenz
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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