a song based on a 1915 instrumental
words and music by Albert William Ketèlbey
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Through the misty twilight falling
Voices from afar are calling
Calling all the weary homeward to their rest
The evening bell is softly pealing
While from out the cloisters stealing
Comes this pray’r of mercy, peaceful and so blest
Refrain
Lord have mercy upon us
And incline our hearts to keep this law
Lord have mercy upon us
And incline our hearts to keep this law
Hope will bring to us its gladness
Faith shall take away all sadness
While the gates of day are closing in the West
Ah! Joy will come again with morning
Shadows pass, but Love is dawning
God is Love, and gives us all eternal rest
Refrain
Lord have mercy upon us
Lord have mercy upon us
Sung here by Fred Feild: