The New Sabbath School Hosanna ‎#9

9. I'll awake at dawn on the Sabbath day

1 I'll awake at dawn on the Sabbath day,
For 'tis wrong to doze holy time away:
With my lessons learned, this shall be my rule--
Never to be late at the Sabbath school.

2 Birds awake betimes; every morn they sing;
None are tardy there, when the woods do ring;
So when Sunday comes, this shall be my rule--
Never to be late at the Sabbath school.

3 When the summer's sun wakes the flowers again,
They the call obey--none are tardy then;
Nor will I forget that it is my rule
Never to be late at the Sabbath school.

4 But these Sabbath days will soon be o'er,
And these happy hours shall return no more;
Then I'll ne'er regret that it was my rule
Never to be late at the Sabbath school.

Text Information

• First Line: I'll awake at dawn on the Sabbath day
• Publication Date: 1870
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune for 8 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)

Tune Information

• Name: NEVER LATE
• Composer: Wm. B. Bradbury
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. By permission.