6638. The Third Day

1. Soft the evening bells are ringing,
Night her sable shade is flinging,
Death with dreadful grip is clinging,
To the form within the tomb.

Refrain
Angels of light watch thro’ the night!
Waiting the glorious dawning,
Knowing full well, sin, death and hell,
Vanquished will be in the morning.

2. Roman guards their vigils keeping,
Birds on dew-gemmed bough are sleeping
Broken hearted Mary’s weeping,
While the King sleeps sweetly on. [Refrain]

3. See the armèd sentries shaking!
Lo, the sealèd tomb is breaking.
And the Lord to life is waking!
Yea, He cometh forth in might! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Soft the evening bells are ringing
Title: The Third Day
Author: George C. Hugg (1903)
Refrain First Line: Angels of light watch thro' the night!
Language: English
Source: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 197
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Soft the evening bells are ringing]
Composer: George Crawford Hugg (1903)
Incipit: 55651 11132 22233
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 197
Copyright: Public Domain



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