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A Beautiful Life
Public Domain, Old-Time Gospel; Words and Music by William M. Golden
ARTIST: From William Golden
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt-v5D2Ozko
Listen MP3: Cash Quartet on Sinclair Sunday Serenade broadcast from Renfro Valley, Kentucky over radio station WRVK[1959-1960s].
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1918; First recorded by Smith's Sacred Singers 1927
RECORDING INFO: A Beautiful Life [Me III-F238] - Golden, William M.
Wernick, Peter (ed.) / Bluegrass Songbook, Oak, Sof (1976), p 27
Angola Choir. Angola Prison Spirituals, Arhoolie 9036, CD (2003), trk# 21 [1959/01/05] (Each Day I'll Do a Golden Deed)
Dave and Cindy. Blossom, Silcox, Cas (1987), trk# 14
Dr. Corn's Bluegrass Remedy. It'll Tickle Your Innards, Grassroots GR 004, LP (1977), trk# A.05
Lawson, Doyle; and Quicksilver. Rock My Soul, Sugar Hill Sh 3717, LP (1981), trk# B.07
Maddox, Rose. Beautiful Bouquet, Arhoolie 5030, LP (1983), trk# 2 (Life's Evening Sun [Is Sinking Low])
Mainer, Wade; and the Sons of the Mountaineers. Anthology of Country Music, Vol 1. Early Country Harmony 1930's, ACM ACM-01, LP (197?), trk# 4 [1938/09/26] (Life's Evening
Monroe, Bill. I Saw the Light, Decca DL-78769, LP (1958), trk# 6
Monroe Brothers. Feast Here Tonight, Bluebird AXM2-5510, LP (1975), trk# 30 [1938/01/28]
Palazzo, Steve; and Laura Smith. Like Strangers, Whiffletree WTR 165, CD (2006), trk# 14
Parker, Byron; & his Mountaineers. Bluegrass Roots, Old Homestead OHCS 169, LP (1985), trk# 4 [1940/02/09?]
Phipps Family. Greatest Old Time Gospel Hymns. Featuring the Phipps Family, Pine Mountain PMR 125, LP (196?), trk# A.05 (Life's Evening Sun [Is Sinking Low])
Ross County Farmers. Farmer's Frolic, Marimac 9013, Cas (1987), trk# 10 [1986/10/11]
Schwarz, Tracy; and Ginny Hawker. Deep Hollows and High Ridges, Marimac 9063, CD (1995), trk# 2
Smith's Sacred Singers. Columbia 1927
Stanley Brothers. Uncloudy Day, County 753, LP (1987), trk# 12
Stanley Brothers. Beautiful Life, Old Homestead OHCS 119, LP (1978), trk# 4
OTHER NAMES: "Beautiful Life,"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "A Beautiful Life" was written by William M. Golden in 1918.
The verses may be echoed: Each day I do (Each day I do), a golden deed
(a golden deed)
In a quartet the bass sings the lead solo on the first part of the chorus: Life's evening sun is sinking low, A few more days and I must go.
A Beautiful Life- William M. Golden 1918
Listen MP3: Cash Quartet on Sinclair Sunday Serenade broadcast from Renfro Valley, Kentucky over radio station WRVK[1959-1960s].
[G]Each day I do a [C]golden [G]deed
By helping [D]those who are in [G]need
My life on earth is [C]but a [G]span
And so I'll [D]do the best I [G]can
Chorus:
Life's evening sun is sinking [C]low
A few more [D]days and I must [G]go
To meet the [G]deeds that [C]I have [G]done
Where there will be no [D]setting [G]sun
To be a child a of God each day
My light must shine along the way
I'll sing His praise while ages roll
And strive to help some troubled soul.
While going down life's weary road
I'll try to lift some traveler's load
I'll try to turn the night to day
Make flowers bloom along the way
The only life that will endure
Is one that's kind and good and pure
And so for God I'll take my stand
Each day I'll lend a helping hand.
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