Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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229 Irwinton

Words: Maxwell’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1759

Music: Arr. T. W. Carter, 1844. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911

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

What poor, despised company
Of travelers are these,
That walk in yonder narrow way,
Along the rugged maze?
Ah, they are of a royal line,
All children of a King,
Heirs of immortal crowns divine,
And loud for joy they sing.