Taps

Song Lyrics & Words

Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lakes
From the hills
From the sky

All is well,
safely rest.
God is nigh.

Fading light
Dims the sight
And a star
Gems the sky,
Gleaning bright

From afar,
Drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun,
Neath the stars,
Neath the sky,

As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.

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Comments (1)

By John in Owego,ny on 13 June 2009

Taps was written during the American Civil War by a soldier who had perished on the battlefield. His brother, fighting for the Union came upon his body and requested a military honor guard to bury him and was refused. So he found this song in his brother's coat, and with the help of a single bugler, buried him with the honor of this song. Since then, it is used at ALL military funerals.

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