The Lost Chord.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Jan 2001.

Seated one day at the organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,

and my fingers wander'd idly
over the noisy keys;

I know not what I was playing,
or what I was dreaming then,

but I struck one chord of music,
like a sound of a great Amen.
Like the sound of a great Amen.

It flooded the crimson twilight,
like the close of an Angel's Psalm,

And it lay on my fever'd spirit,
with a touch of infinite calm,

It quieted pain and sorrow,
Like love overcoming strife.

It seem'd the harmonious echo
from our discordant life,

It link'd all perplexed meaning,
into one perfect peace,

and trembled away into silence,
as if it were loth to cease;

I have sought,
but I seek it vainly,
that one lost chord divine,

which came from the soul of the organ,
and enter'd into mine.

It may be that Death's bright Angel,
will speak in that chord again;

It may be that only in Heav'n,
I shall hear that grand Amen.

It may be that Death's bright Angel,
will speak in that chord again;

It may be that only in Heav'n
I shall hear that grand Amen.

Soft karaoke
Words
lyric
treble clef
bass clef
The Lost Chord
1885
Sir Arthur Sullivan
lyrics by Adelaide A Proctor
Sung by Madame Antoinette Sterling
Research by Doug Grierson
Sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne 13 Dec 2000
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones
The Lost Chord 1885 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 13 Dec 2000