Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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382 Coston

Tune: T. J. Denson, 1935

Words: The Baltimore Collection, 1803

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

Dear friends, farewell! I do you tell,
Since you and I must part;
I go my way, and here you stay,
But still we’re joined at heart.
Your love to me has been most free,
Your conversation sweet;
How can I bear to journey where
With you I cannot meet?