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Text:Drifting too Far From the Shore
Author:Chas. E. M.
Tune:[Out on the perilous deep]
Composer:Chas. E. Moody

76. Drifting too Far From the Shore

1 Out on the perilous deep
Where dangers silently creep
And storms so vi'lently sweep
You are drifting too far from the shore.

Chorus:
Drifting too far from the shore,
You are drifting too far from the shore.
Come to Jesus to-day
Let Him show you the way,
You are drifting too far from the shore.

2 To-day the tempest rolls high
And clouds o'ershadow the sky;
Sure death is hovering nigh,
You are drifting too far from the shore. [Chorus]

3 Why meet a terrible fate
Mercies abundantly wait;
Turn back before its too late,
You are drifting too far from the shore. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Out on the perilous deep
Title: Drifting too Far From the Shore
Author: Chas. E. M.
Refrain First Line: Drifting too far from the shore
Language: English
Publication Date: 1935
Copyright: © 1923 by Geo. W. Sebren
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Out on the perilous deep]
Composer: Chas. E. Moody
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © 1923 by Geo. W. Sebren
Notes: Public Domain



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