Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
282 I’m Going Home
Words: The Baltimore Collection, 1801
Music: Leonard P. Breedlove, 1850. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Farewell, vain world, I’m going home!
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Sweet angels beckon me away,
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
[chorus]
Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder;
Oh, yes, my Lord, for I don’t care to stay here long.
I’m glad that I am born to die;
From grief and woe my soul shall fly,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Bright angels shall convey me home,
Away to New Jerusalem,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Sweet angels beckon me away,
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
[chorus]
Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder;
Oh, yes, my Lord, for I don’t care to stay here long.
I’m glad that I am born to die;
From grief and woe my soul shall fly,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Bright angels shall convey me home,
Away to New Jerusalem,
And I don’t care to stay here long!