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Christ in Song 12

Come Unto Me

Words: G. H. R. - Soprano and AltoMusic: F. E. Belden

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1O ye heart bowed down with sorrow, O you weary, and oppressed for sight! There's gladness in To-morrow, In your darkness there is light; In your Gethsemane of anguish, Gold Christ the Healer goes: all them in Co-dem-na-tion? Re- he hears are sore vex-er, in peace is love of rest; In peace there is love and light.

RefrainCome unto me, Come, all ye that la-bor; Come, unto me, Come, all ye that labor; O come, Come, O come, come unto me, Come, O come, Come unto me and rest.

2Come unto me, I will give you rest, Take my yoke upon you, and Come unto me, Come, all ye that la-bor; Come, come unto me, Come, all ye that labor, Lift - my yoke is up-on you, and I will give you rest, Come, O come, Come unto me, Come, O come, Come unto me and rest.

3Come, my heart is hard ey- er and will give you rest. Come unto me, I will give you rest, Come O come, Come unto me and ye.

Scripture
Matt. 11:28

Copyright, 1895, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
71
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

O ye heart bowed down with sorrow, O you weary, and oppressed for sight! There's gladness in To-morrow, In your darkness there is light; In your Gethsemane of anguish, Gold Christ the Healer goes: all them in Co-dem-na-tion? Re- he hears are sore vex-er, in peace is love of rest; In peace there is love and light.˘////˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘???˘/˘//˘/˘//˘˘?????/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/71A

Verse 2

Come unto me, I will give you rest, Take my yoke upon you, and Come unto me, Come, all ye that la-bor; Come, come unto me, Come, all ye that labor, Lift - my yoke is up-on you, and I will give you rest, Come, O come, Come unto me, Come, O come, Come unto me and rest.//˘˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘///˘/˘///˘˘///˘/˘??/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘//˘///˘˘/˘///˘˘˘/66A

Verse 3

Come, my heart is hard ey- er and will give you rest. Come unto me, I will give you rest, Come O come, Come unto me and ye./˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘˘/˘//˘///˘˘˘/30A

Refrain

Come unto me, Come, all ye that la-bor; Come, unto me, Come, all ye that labor; O come, Come, O come, come unto me, Come, O come, Come unto me and rest.//˘˘///˘/˘//˘˘///˘/˘˘//˘///˘˘/˘///˘˘˘/38A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.