Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
185 Pilgrim’s Farewell
Words: v. 1 Samuel Crossman, 1664, alt. v. 2–3 The Western Missionary Magazine, 1803
Music: The Psalmodist’s Companion, 1793, and Field, 1802. Alto W. M. Cooper, 1902
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Farewell, my friends, I must be gone;
I have no home or stay with you;
I’ll take my staff and travel on
Till I a better world can view.
[chorus]
I’ll march to Canaan’s land,
I’ll land on Canaan’s shore,
Where pleasures never end,
And troubles come no more.
Farewell, my loving friends, farewell.
Farewell, my friends, time rolls along,
Nor waits for mortal cares or bliss;
I’ll leave you here and travel on
Till I arrive where Jesus is.
Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord,
To you I’m bound with cords of love;
But we believe His gracious word,
We all ere long shall meet above.
I have no home or stay with you;
I’ll take my staff and travel on
Till I a better world can view.
[chorus]
I’ll march to Canaan’s land,
I’ll land on Canaan’s shore,
Where pleasures never end,
And troubles come no more.
Farewell, my loving friends, farewell.
Farewell, my friends, time rolls along,
Nor waits for mortal cares or bliss;
I’ll leave you here and travel on
Till I arrive where Jesus is.
Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord,
To you I’m bound with cords of love;
But we believe His gracious word,
We all ere long shall meet above.