Taps
Composed by Daniel Butterfield (1862)
Military Trumpet or Bugle Call
Somber Funeral Song, or Lights Out Signal
[Varying Lyrics Exist]

Fading light
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright,
From a-far drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Dear one, rest!
In the west
Sable night
Lulls the day on her breast,
Sweet good night!
Now away
To thy rest.

Love, sweet dreams!
Lo, the beams
Of the light
Fairy moon kiss the streams,
Love, good night!
Ah, so soon!
Peaceful Dreams!

Source:  U.S. Army Song Book, 1918.

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