Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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575 Lisbon

Words: The Western Missionary Magazine, 1803

Music: Henry F. Chandler, 1854

Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)

Farewell, dear brethren of the Lord!
And I cannot tarry here;
Yet we believe His gracious word,
And I cannot tarry here.

[chorus]
And I cannot tarry here,
And I cannot tarry here;
The gospel sounds the jubilee,
And I cannot tarry here.