Hymns and Tunes 1876 76
Six days of toil and care
1Six days of toil and care, I bid you all adieu; My soul, enjoy thy Sabbath hours, I gladly welcome you.
2My heart with rapture burns To Eden's vale so fair, That for its blessed solitude, And view the Sabbath there.
3Seven thousand years they roll, Shall memory faithful prove To Him who made the earth and sea, And starry worlds above.
4Each Sabbath spent aright Shall bring us nearer thee, Till in that glorious land of light We're made forever free.
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Verse 1
Six days of toil and care, I bid you all adieu; My soul, enjoy thy Sabbath hours, I gladly welcome you.//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/////˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘27A
Verse 2
My heart with rapture burns To Eden's vale so fair, That for its blessed solitude, And view the Sabbath there.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/25A
Verse 3
Seven thousand years they roll, Shall memory faithful prove To Him who made the earth and sea, And starry worlds above./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/28A
Verse 4
Each Sabbath spent aright Shall bring us nearer thee, Till in that glorious land of light We're made forever free.//˘/??˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/27A
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.