A popular song from 1902
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Kerry Mills
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- The wedding bells ring sweetly
And voices whisper low
As down the aisle together
A bride and bridegroom go
In holy bonds of wedlock
They’ve bound each trusting heart
For better or for worse
And till death these two shall part
Two women stand together
Outside the church’s door
And of the bride they’re talking
They knew her years before
She was so wild and wayward
“She must have loved to wed”
“Does the bridegroom know her story?”
Then soft the other said
Chorus
‘Tis a brand that was plucked from the burning
‘Tis a soul that is saved, so they say
‘Tis a woman from darkness turning
To the light of a better day
Let us honor the hand that has saved her
And the heart that did faithful prove
For the brand that was plucked from the burning
Is a woman saved by love
- Upon the quiet landscape
The golden moonlight gleams
As just outside her cottage
A mother sits and dreams
She’s dreaming of the daughter
Who’s been for years away
From whom she’s had no letter
For many a weary day
And now on hearing voices
Her eyes are opened wide
To see her own dear daughter
With someone by her side
“I’m married, mother darling
To one who loves me true”
And as they kiss each other
The glad tears fall anew
Sung here by Vancha March: