LYRICS
| Meter: | 11 11 11 11 with refrain
| | Writer(s): | Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
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| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: | Joe 3:13
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 758
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MUSIC
| Name: | GATHER THE GOLDEN GRAIN
| | Meter: | 11 11 11 11 with refrain
| | Writer(s): | Ira David Sankey
| | Dates: |
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Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 758
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| 1. Leave not for tomorrow
the work of to-day,
For time, like an arrow,
is speeding away;
The harvest is ready,
look out on the plain;
Go, thrust in the sickle
and gather the grain.
Refrain.
Go, gather the golden grain,
Go, gather the golden grain;
The harvest is ready,
look out on the plain;
Go, gather the golden grain.
2. Leave not for tomorrow
the work of to-day,
The moments are precious,
then why should we stay?
The Master is calling
again and again;
Go, thrust in the sickle
and gather the grain.
Refrain.
Go, gather the golden grain,
Go, gather the golden grain;
The harvest is ready,
look out on the plain;
Go, gather the golden grain.
3. Leave not for tomorrow
the work of to-day,
The summer is waning,
no longer delay;
The sheaves for the reaping
wave bright o’er the plain;
Go, thrust in the sickle
and gather the grain.
Refrain.
Go, gather the golden grain,
Go, gather the golden grain;
The harvest is ready,
look out on the plain;
Go, gather the golden grain.
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