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Thread #156115 Message #3678564
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Nov-14 - 02:05 AM
Thread Name: Parting songs
Subject: ADD: Parting Friends (Sacred Harp)
One of the nicest Sacred Harp parting songs is this:
PARTING FRIENDS
Farewell, my friends, I'm bound for Canaan,
I'm trav'ling through the wilderness;
Your company has been delightful,
You, who doth leave my mind distressed.*
I go away, behind to leave you,
Perhaps never to meet again,
But if we never have the pleasure,
I hope we'll meet on Canaan's land.
(*alt: You do not leave my mind distressed)
267 in the 1991 Sacred Harp book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIWR5nEXMUI