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Childhood's Years Are Passing o'er Us

🎹 Key of B♭ 🕐 4/4 110 BPM 📜 4 verses
Copyrights:
  • Lyrics: William Dickson, 1841 (public domain)
  • Music: William Howard Doane, 1883 (public domain)
  • Courtesy of the Cyber Hymnal™
  • Arrangement by OpenPsalm, 2026 and released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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Verse 1 Childhood's years are passing o'er us:
Soon our school days will be done;
Cares and sorrows lie before us,
Hidden dangers, snares unknown.
Verse 2 Oh! may He, who, meek and lowly,
Trod Himself this vale of woe,
Make us His, and keep us holy,
Guard and guide us while we go.
Verse 3 Hark! it is the Savior calling:
Little children, follow Me!
Jesus! keep our feet from falling;
Teach us all to follow Thee.
Verse 4 Soon we part, it may be never,
Never here to meet again;
Oh to meet in Heav'n for ever!
Oh, the crown of life to gain.