10355. Watch By Daylight

1 Oh, watch you well by daylight!
By daylight you may fear;
But keep no watch in darkness,
The angels then are near.
For Heav’n the sense bestoweth
Our waking life to keep;
But tender mercy showeth
To guard us in our sleep.

Refrain:
Oh, watch you well by daylight!
By daylight you may fear;
But keep no watch in darkness,
The angels then are near.

2 Oh, watch you well in pleasure!
For pleasure oft betrays;
But keep no watch on sorrow,
When joy withdraws its rays;
For in the hour of sorrow,
As in the darkness drear,
To Heaven trust the morrow,
For angels then are near. [Refrain]

3 Oh, watch you well when fortune
Sits smiling at your door;
When wealth and influence, mighty,
Are growing more and more;
Be firm, and do not falter,
Be true to God and man,
And Heaven will reward you,
As nothing else e’er can. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, watch you well by daylight!
Title: Watch By Daylight
Author: Samuel Lover (1846)
Refrain First Line: Oh, watch you well by daylight!
Language: English
Source: Irish Evenings, 1846
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BERGAMO
Composer: Harold B. Adams (1880)
Meter: 76.76.76 D
Key: B♭ Major
Source: The Morning Light! by Solomon W. Straub (Chicago: Root & Sons, 1880)
Copyright: Public Domain



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