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Text: | Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning |
Tune: | KEEP YOUR LAMPS |
Arranger: | Frank W. Stoldt |
1 Keep your lamps trimmed an burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
for the time is drawing nigh.
Refrain:
Children, don't grow weary,
children, don't grow weary,
children, don't grow weary,
for the time is drawing nigh.
2 Darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
for the time is drawing nigh. [Refrain]
3 Lo, the morning soon is breaking,
lo, the morning soon is breaking,
lo, the morning soon is breaking,
for the time is drawing nigh. [Refrain]
4 Christian, journey soon be over,
christian, journey soon be over,
christian, journey soon be over,
for the time is drawing nigh. [Refrain]
5 Keep your lamps trimmed an burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
for the time is drawing nigh. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Keep your lamps trimmed and burning |
Title: | Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning |
Refrain First Line: | Children, don't grow weary |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Afflictions/Trials; Comfort and Encouragement; Doubt(4 more...) |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KEEP YOUR LAMPS |
Arranger: | Frank W. Stoldt |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Copyright: | Arr. © 2003 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission. |