Awake, Awake to Love and Work
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L002
Credit: Words G. A. Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929); tune MORNING SONG (Kentucky Harmony, 1816) · 1921
Origin: Hymn from the poem 'At a Harvest Festival' (The Sorrows of God, 1921). Public domain in the US.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Studdert_Kennedy
Original scan on X: https://x.com/IMMHACAL/status/1940934073352180147
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Aeolian tuning DAC, 4/4 time. Chords are written over the dulcimer tab on the sheet; they are placed here by matching the tab numbers printed over each word.
Dm C A Dm A Awake, awake to love and work, the lark is in the sky; Dm C Dm A Dm A Dm The fields are wet with diamond dew, the worlds awake to cry C Dm A Dm A Dm Their blessings on the Lord of life, as he goes meekly by Dm C A Dm A Come, let thy voice be one with theirs, shout with their shout of praise Dm C Dm A Dm A Dm See how the giant sun soars up, Great lord of years and days C Dm A Dm A Dm So let the love of Jesus come and set thy soul ablaze Dm C A Dm A To give and give, and give again, what God hath given thee, Dm C Dm A Dm A Dm To spend thyself nor count the cost, to serve right gloriously C Dm A Dm A Dm The God who gave all worlds that are, and all that are to be