Sun is setting

voiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Mrs. Henry Talent ??? September 4, 1953 Reel 149, Item 5 Nearer Home O’er the hills the sun is setting And the eve is drawing on Slowly drops the gentle twilight For another day is gone Gone for aye, the race is over Soon the darker shades will come Still, tis sweet to know at evening We are one day nearer home Nearer home, nearer home Nearer to your home on high To the green fields and the fountains To the land beyond the sky One day nearer sings the sailor As he guides the waters o’er While the light is softly dying On his distant native shore Thus the Christian on life’s ocean As his light boat cuts the foam In the evening cries with rapture I am one day nearer home Worn and weary, oft the pilgrim Hails the setting of the sun For the goal is one day nearer And the journey nearly done Thus we feel when o’er life’s desert Heart and sandal hug we roam As the twilight gather o’er us We are one day nearer home Nearer home, yes one day nearer To our Father’s house on high To the green fields and the fountains Of the land beyond the sky For the heavens grow brighter o’er us And the lamps hang on the dome And our tents are pitched still closerFor we’re one day nearer home Nearer home, nearer home Nearer to your home on high To the green fields and the fountains To the land beyond the skyFunding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation