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The Old Sexton Lyrics by Across Tundras

Dark Songs of the Prairie

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Nigh to a grave that was newly made
Leaned a Sexton old, on his earth worn spade
His work was done, and he paused to wait
The fun'ral train through the open gait;
A relic of bygone days was he
And his locks were white as the foamy sea;
And these words came from his lips so thin
"I gather them in, I gather them in
Gather, gather, gather, I gather them in."
"I gather them in! For man and boy
Year after year of grief and joy;
I've builded the houses that lie around
In ev'ry nook of this burial ground
Mother and daughter, father and son
Come to my solitude, one by one
But come they strangers, or come they kin
I gather them in, I gather them in
Gather, gather, gather, I gather them in."
Many are with me, but still I'm alone
I'm king of the dead - and I make my throne
On a monument slab of marble cold
Any my sceptre of rule is the spade I hold;
Come they from cottage or come they from great hall
Mankind are my subjects - all, all, all!
Let them loiter in pleasure, or toilfully spin
I gather them in, I gather them in
Gather, gather, gather, I gather them in
"I gather them in - and their final rest
Is here, down here, in the earth's dark breast!
And the Sexton ceased - for the funeral train
Wound mutely o'er that solemn plain;
And I said to my heart of heart - when time is told
A mightier voice than that Sexton's old
Will sound o'ver the last tramp's dreadful din
I gather them in, I gather them in
Gather, gather, gather, I gather them in."
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Across Tundras

Across Tundras

About “The Old Sexton” by Across Tundras

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