Every morning the red sun (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-15)  CPDL #52072:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Every morning the red sun
Tune: Aurora
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 75. 75. 77

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 82, p. 41
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

1  Every morning the red sun Rises warm and bright; But the evening cometh on, And the cold, dark night: There’s a bright land far away Where ‘tis never ending day. 2  Every spring the sweet young flow’rs Open fresh and gay, Till the chilly autumn hours Wither them away! There’s a land we have not seen, Where the trees are always green.

3  Little birds sing songs of praise All the summer long. But in colder, shorter days They forget their song: There’s a place where angels sing Ceaseless praises to their King. 4  Christ our Lord is ever near Those who follow Him! But we cannot see Him here, For our eyes are dim: There is a most happy place, Where we’ll always see His face.

5  Who shall go to that fair land? All who love the right: Holy children there shall stand, In their robes of white; In that heav’n so bright and blest, Is our everlasting rest.