Making Melody

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I will sing when morning cometh

Author: E. A. Barnes
Tune: [I will sing when morning cometh]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I will sing when morning cometh,
And the shadows drift away,
And I wake with grateful spirit
To behold another day;
‘Tis the Lord who watches o’er me
Thro' the night so still and long,
And to him who ever heareth
I will lift a morning song.

Chorus:
I will sing, I will sing,
Making melody unto the Lord,
I will sing, I will sing,
Making melody unto the Lord.

2 I will sing when I am busy,
Toiling on in hope and cheer,
Happy in the many blessings
That along my path appear;
I will sing when I am weary
With the burdens that I bear,
For the Lord will ever keep me
In his tender love and care. [Chorus]

3 I will sing when evening cometh,
And the light it steals away,
And I rest amid the shadows,
From the duties of the day;
To the Lord who reigns forever
‘Mid the glad celestial throng,
To the Lord, my hope of heaven,
I will sing an evening song. [Chorus]

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #24

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Author: E. A. Barnes

Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html Go to person page >

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First Line:	I will sing when morning cometh
Title:	Making Melody
Author:	E. A. Barnes
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I will sing, I will sing
Copyright:	Public Domain