Solemn Thought (James P. Carrell)

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• (Posted 2017-03-07)  CPDL #43460:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-07).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published in 1821. All five stanzas included from Carrell's 1821 book.

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Title: Solemn Thought
First Line: Remember, sinful youth, you must die
Composer: James P. Carrell
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 99. 669

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Songs of Zion, 1821, p. 37. Perhaps this is an arrangement by Carrell of an older folk hymn. Words by an anonymous author, five stanzas printed in Carrell's 1821 book. Southern Harmony, 1835, No. 28, is a three-part reduction of the above.

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Original text and translations

English text 1. Remember, sinful youth, you must die, Remember, sinful youth, you must die. Remember, sinful youth, If you deny the truth, Through vast eternity, you must die. 2. Uncertain are your days, here below, Uncertain are your days, here below. Uncertain are your days, For God hath many ways To bring you to your graves, here below.

3. The God that built the sky, great I Am, The God that built the sky, great I Am. The God that built the sky, Hath said and cannot lie, Impenitents shall die, and be damned. 4. Come then, my friends, don't you, I entreat, Come then, my friends, don't you, I entreat. Come then my friends, don’t you Your sinful ways pursue, Your precious souls undo, I entreat.

5. But to the Savior flee, 'scape for life, But to the Savior flee, 'scape for life. But to the Savior flee, Lest death eternally Shall be your destiny, 'scape for life.