Old Melodies

See, brethren, see how the day rolls on

No. 1179
Tune WELCOME HOME.
Words Anon.
Music Arranged.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

See, brethren, see how the day rolls on,Quickly will the Saviour come;Hark! hear the sound, "he will appear,"Sweetly falls upon the ear.

Then haste, let us work till the daylight is o'er,Our hearts fill'd with love as we row to the shore;Our earthly labor being done,How sweet the Christian's welcome home!Home, home, home, the Christian's welcome home;Sweet, O sweet the Christian's welcome home,Welcome home, welcome home,Welcome home.

Lift up your heads, and rejoice in God;Shout his praises all abroad;Soon shall we hear the voice, "'T is done;Child, your Father calls; come home."

Come, sinners, come, let us all awake!And the Spirit's truths partake;Soon will appear, and O how bright!Prayer to praise and faith to sight.

Hail, brethren, hail! it's the new-born year;Michael's trump we soon shall hear,Then will the saints and angels sing,"Glory be to heaven's King."

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1179» (large), tune name «WELCOME HOME.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ARRANGED.» at the right; no meter and no reference line. Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «See»; «Chorus.» (bold) is printed under the first system, above «Then» at the start of the chorus. Stanza 1 is written below as verse + chorus; «brethren», «Christian's» and «welcome» are printed unbroken under two notes, «Quick-ly», «Sav - iour», «ap - pear», «Sweet - ly», «up - on», «day - light», «earth-ly», «la - bor», «be-ing» are written as whole words. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in two columns (stanza 3 runs over into the right column), numbered «2»–«4» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The chorus is printed only once, under stanza 1, and is sung after each stanza (no repeat sign is printed). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («come ;», «Hark !», «God ;», «abroad ;», «awake !», «bright !», «hail !», «year ;»); it is closed up here; quotes and apostrophes are written straight («"he will appear,"», «"'T is done;», «Spirit's», «it's», «Michael's», «heaven's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («fill'd», «labor», «o'er», «new-born»).