Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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209 Evening Shade

Words: John Leland, 1790

Music: Stephen Jenks, 1805. Alto A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, 1822

Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)

The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
O may we all remember well
The night of death is near.

We lay our garments by,
Upon our beds to rest;
So death will soon disrobe us all
Of what we here possess.