BEYOND THE DARK SEA
Sung by: W.P. Detherow
Recorded in Batesville, AR 8/27/59

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I'm weary, I'm fainting;
My day's work is done.
I'm watching, I'm waiting
For life's sinking sun.
The shadows are stretching
Far over the lea.

Chorus: Then, oh, let me anchor
Beyond the dark sea.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
Then, oh, let me anchor
Beyond the dark sea.

The cold surging billows
That dash at my feet
Has lost all their terror,
Or music so sweet.
The portals of glory
Are open for me.

(Chorus)

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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