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Christ in Song 64

There's Room for You to Anchor

Words: P. P. BlissMusic: P. P. Bliss

Studio

1There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;
The ship is wait ing now, — The ship of God's pre cious word;
There's room for you to an chor That we have loved so long— That we have loved so long;
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.

RefrainThere's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;
There's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;
There's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;
There's room (for you), there's room (for you), there's room for you.

2There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;
The same old friend that brought That we have loved so long;
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord,
And since all more of ter, But we must sail a way— We must sail a way;
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.

3There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;
Now we are near the shore, But we must sail a way— We must sail a way;
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord,
Come then and ship with us, Ye lone— Ye lone— Ye lone— Ye lone peas, cease to blow!
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.

Scripture
Hebrews 6:19

Used by permission of P. P. Bliss.

The verse

Meter
14.13.19.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABACA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A
The ship is wait ing now, — The ship of God's pre cious word;˘/˘///˘/˘//?/13B
There's room for you to an chor That we have loved so long— That we have loved so long;//˘˘˘˘?˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/19C
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A

Verse 2

There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A
The same old friend that brought That we have loved so long;˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/12B
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord,//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A
And since all more of ter, But we must sail a way— We must sail a way;˘///˘/˘˘//˘/˘//˘/17C
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A

Verse 3

There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord;//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A
Now we are near the shore, But we must sail a way— We must sail a way;/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘//˘/17B
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord,//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A
Come then and ship with us, Ye lone— Ye lone— Ye lone— Ye lone peas, cease to blow!//˘/˘˘//////////˘/18C
There's room for you to an chor In the har bor of the Lord.//˘˘˘˘?˘˘/?˘˘/14A

Refrain

There's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;//˘˘˘˘?/˘/?11A
There's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;//˘˘˘˘?/˘/?11A
There's room for you to an chor Safe in har bor;//˘˘˘˘?/˘/?11A
There's room (for you), there's room (for you), there's room for you.//˘˘//˘˘//˘˘12B

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.