Lyrics
(Folk song)
Bright morning star’s a-rising, (repeat twice)
Day is a-breaking in my soul.
Oh, where are our dear fathers…
Some are down in the valley praying…
Some are gone to heaven shouting…
See also
- Subjects: Christian / morning / stars
- Type: choral
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: D,E,G,A,B
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drm
- Source: American Folk Songs for Christmas,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Loomis House Press, 1953
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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