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Contents 1 Sheet Music 1.1 Tune from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10 2 Tunes 3 Lyrics 3.1 Lyrics from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10 4 References

Sheet Music

Tune from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10

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• Copyright: Public Domain
• Source: Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10
• Contributor: Veramet 04:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Tunes

• Tune from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10, by G.F. Root
  • Copyright: Public domain

Lyrics

• Poet: Unknown Poet—A.J. Davis's Manual^[1]; Home Monthly^[2][3] (If Home Monthly is the same as The Household Monthly, volume 1, however, it does not seem to include these lyrics, although it does contain a nice article with the same name.^[4])
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Lyrics from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 10

1. Catch the sunshine! tho' it flickers
Thro' a dark and dismal cloud,
Tho' it falls so faint and feeble
On a heart with sorrow bowed.
Catch it quickly! it is passing,
Passing rapidly away;
It has only come to tell you
There is yet a brighter day.

2. Catch the sunshine! tho' life's tempest
May unfurl its chilling blast,
Catch the little, hopeful straggler!
Storms will not forever last;
Don't give up and say “forsaken,”
Don't begin to say “I'm sad!”
Look! there comes a gleam of sunshine!
Catch it! oh, it seems so glad.

3. Catch the sunshine! don't be grieving
O'er that darksome billow there!
Life's a sea of stormy billows,
We must meet them ev'rywhere.
Pass right thro' them, do not tarry,
Overcome the heaving tide,
There's a sparkling gleam of sunshine
Waiting on the other side.

References

1. ↑ A child's book of religion: For Sunday schools and homes, 1886 (p. 152)
2. ↑ Vermont school journal: devoted to the educational interests of Vermont, Volume 4, 1862 (p. 246)
3. ↑ Vermont school journal and family visitor, Volumes 3-4, 1861 (p. 246)
4. ↑ The Household monthly, Volume 1, 1859 (p. 304)