The Gushing Rill
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Also known as 'The Sparkling Rill' and 'The Crystal Rill'.
Contents
Sheet Music
Transcribed from Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909 (no. 43)
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- Copyright: Public Domain
- Contributor: Veramet 03:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Tunes
- Tune by Evan Stephens, as seen in Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909 (no. 43)
- Copyright: Public domain
- Tune by W.T. Giffe, as seen in The Evangelists' Songs of Praise, 1892 (p. 133)
- Copyright: Public domain
- Tune by F.B. Rice, as seen in The Musical Fountain, 1866 (p. 10)
- Copyright: Public domain
- Tune by E.C. Howe, as seen in Student and Family Miscellany, 1854 (p. 160)
- Copyright: Public domain
- Tune by Henry Southwick Perkins, as seen in The Song Echo, 1871 (p. 184)
- Copyright: Public domain
Lyrics
- Poet: Unknown—published by 1854
- Copyright: Public domain
Lyrics from Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909 (no. 43)
1. O if for me the cup you fill,
Then fill it from the gushing rill,
With sparkling water, pure and bright,
As clear as truth, and free as light.
Chorus.
O if for me the cup you fill,
Then fill it from the gushing rill;
O if for me the cup you fill,
Then fill it from the gushing rill.
2. Pass not to me the mantling brim,
Where dancing bubbles gaily swim;
For in each shining crystal round,
A deadly lurking fiend is found.
3. Speak not to me of rosy wine,
Of nectar cups, or draughts divine;
The taste of bitter tears is there,
The tears of grief, and dark despair.