Evening Prayer -

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At Home

A children’s prayer before bedtime.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |
| ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Mi/La, La\Fa, Re/So, Re\La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; tempo: andante con moto/walking pace with motion (73-77 BPM), pickup beat; dynamics: mezzo piano/medium soft, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: sacred, prayer, children’s prayer, earth science, heav’nly (heavenly), flow’rs (flowers), morning, God (Father), safety

**“Evening Prayer”**

		1.	The great round sun is gone, The night is near; Oh! Heav’nly Father, bless Thy children here.

		2.	The silent little birds And folded flow’rs Are sweetly sleeping now, Till morning hours.

		3.	We little children, too, May sweetly sleep; For God, our Father, will In safety keep.

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