Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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449 Fatherland

Words: William Hunter, 1842

Music: Samuel Wakefield & Arr. Silas W. Kay, 1855

Meter: 9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)

There is a place where my hopes are stayed,
My heart and my treasures are there,
Where virtues and blessings never face,
And fields are eternally fair.
That blissful place is my fatherland,
By faith its delights I explore,
Come, favor my flight, angelic band,
And waft me in peace to the shore.