Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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513 Oakland

Words: Isaac Watts, 1707

Music: David Smead, 2017

Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

Copyright: 2025 Sacred Harp Publishing Company

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound;
Mine ears, attend the cry,
“Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.”

Great God! is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to the tomb,
And yet prepared no more!