Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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268 David’s Lamentation

Words: 2 Samuel 18:33

Music: William Billings, 1778. Alto Kentucky Harmony, 1816

Meter: No Meter (Irregular or Prose)

David, the king, was grieved and moved;
He went to his chamber, his chamber and wept.
And as he went, he wept and said,
O my son! O my son!
Would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!