[music]
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me
Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
[violin melody]
Or if, on joyful wing Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to thee
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
[violin melody]
Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!