Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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308 Parting Friends (Second)

Tune: E. L. King, 1850

Words: Charles Wesley, 1749

Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)

What is there here to court my stay,
And keep me back from home,
When angels beckon me away,
And Jesus bids me come?
Shall I regret my parting friends
Here in this vale confined?
Nay, but where’er my soul ascends,
They will not stay behind.