Ascribed to P. M. Atchley who was a singing-school man in eastern Tennessee in the early part of the nineteenth century. The tune belongs to the ‘[Hallelujah]’ family. See the song by that name in this collection for many related melodies.
No. 122
[REFLECTION], MOH 444
Hexatonic, mode 1 b (I II — IV V VI 7)
No sleep nor slumber to his eyes,
Good David would afford,
Till he had found below the skies
A dwelling for the Lord,
A dwelling for the Lord.
The Lord in Zion placed his name,