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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

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Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

Tune: KEEP YOUR LAMPS
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
the day is drawing nigh.

Refrain:
Children, don't get weary,
children, don't get weary,
children, don't get weary
till your work is done.

2 Darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
the day is drawing nigh. [Refrain]

3 For the morning soon is breaking,
for the morning soon is breaking,
for the morning soon is breaking,
the day is drawing nigh. [Refrain]

4 Christian journey soon be over,
Christian journey soon be over,
Christian journey soon be over,
the day is drawing nigh. [Refrain]

Source: RitualSong (2nd ed.) #956

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First Line: Keep your lamps trimmed and burning
Title: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Source: African American spiritual
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Children, don't grow weary
Copyright: Public Domain
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