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Entreaty (Liverpool) 29b

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Arranged by M. C. H. Davis, 1835
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Hall's New Collection, 1804
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
Young people all attention give,
And hear what I shall say;
I wish your souls with Christ to live,
In everlasting day.
Young people, all, attention give,, Stanza 1
2
Remember you are hast'ning on
To death's dark gloomy shade;
Your joys on earth will soon be gone,
Your flesh in dust be laid.
Young people, all, attention give,, Stanza 2