Words and Music by Maj. J. BARTON, 
Cantabile. 
Floats our bark 
Forms un - seen 
1. Gent-ly down 
2. Yon - der on 
the stream of time, 
the sold - en shore. 
to-wards the sea 
are chant - ing loNs 
Sweet - ly peals 
Strains we loved 
the even - mg 
in days of 
Friends have gone, 
Yoi - ces now 
Hear it ech - o 
Mem - o - ries of. 
ties have been brok - en 
are hush’d for ev - er. 
Care - less words, tho’ i - dly spo - ke 
And this migh - - ty rush-ing riv - er 
Fears and doubts and hopes sublime 
Tears and flowers strew their graves, 
Lie sleep-ing ’neath 
Bu - ries all 
the sea of time, 
be-neath its wave, 
CHORUS. 
Gent-ly down 
the stream of Time 
Floats our 
the sea of time, 
beneath its wave. 
Lie sleeping ’neath 
Bu-ries all 
Gent-ly down 
the stream of Time, 
Sweet - ly peals 
towards the sea. 
the evening chime 
W * I 
the evening chime, 
Sweet-ly peals 
Floats our bark 
By permi ssion of J. S. White & Co.. Marshall, Mich. 
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