LYRICS
| Meter: | 9 8 9 8 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Unknown & Joel A. Erickson
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| | Dates: | pre 1877,2004
| | Bible Refs: | 2 Co 4:17
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MUSIC
| Name: | LAST NIGHT MY LADS
| | Meter: | 9 8 9 8 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Joel A. Erickson
| | Dates: | 2003,2004
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| 1. Last night, my lads, we toiled away,
Oh, so drearily, drearily;
But we weighed our anchor at break of day,
Oh, so cheerily, cheerily.
Refrain.
So keep up heart and courage, friends!
For home is just in sight;
And who will heed, when safely there,
The perils of the night?
2. Just so we toil through earth’s dark night,
Oh, so drearily, drearily;
Yet we trust to sail at dawn of light,
Oh, so cheerily, cheerily.
Refrain.
So keep up heart and courage, friends!
For home is just in sight;
And who will heed, when safely there,
The perils of the night?
3. Though storm clouds come oft ere we land,
Oh, so readily, readily;
Still we trust as guides the Helmsman’s hand,
Oh, so steadily, steadily.
Refrain.
So keep up heart and courage, friends!
For home is just in sight;
And who will heed, when safely there,
The perils of the night?
4. When we reach heaven’s shore ’twill be
Drear, no, nevermore, nevermore;
Not a toil nor care, but jubilee
Cheer, yes, evermore, evermore.
Refrain.
So keep up heart and courage, friends!
For home is just in sight;
And who will heed, when safely there,
The perils of the night?
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