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Play “Evening Song”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Evening Song (John Leland): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 3 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1The day is past and gone,
- The evening shades appear;
- O, may we all remember well
- The night of death draws near.
- 2Lord, keep us safe this night,
- Secure from all our fears;
- May angels guard us while we sleep,
- Till morning light appears.
- 3When all our days are past,
- And we from time remove,
- O, may we in thy bosom rest
- The bosom of thy love.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Evening Song page.
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