As we close our sleepy eyes

David Pountney
As we close our sleepy eyes
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As we close our slee - py eyes, an - gels watch us from the skies,
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two are here be - side me, two stand there to guide me,
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two will give me warn - ing, when the day is dawn - ing,
Two will give me warn - ing when the day is
two more gent - ly be - ckon and light the path to
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