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Original sacred harp : containing a superior collection of standard melodies, of odes, anthems, and church music, and hymns of high repute : rudiments, retaining all valuable standard regulations, arr. with all modern up-to-date improvements. , an annotated digital edition

Page 253

p. 253

FAREWELL
ANTHEM.
"But
let
me
bid
them
Farewell."
Luke
9:61.
Key
of
A
Minor.
My
friends,
I
am
going
a
long
and
te-dious
journey,
Never
to
re-turn
I
am
going
a
My
friends,
I
am
going
a
long
and
te-dious
jour-ney
Never
to
re-turn,
I
am
going,
I
am
going
a
My
friends,
I
am
go-ing
a
long
and
te
-
di
-
ous
jour
-
ney,
Never
to
re-turn,
I
am
going,
I
am
going
a
long
and
My
friends,
I
am
going
a
long
and
te
-
dious
jour-ney,
Never
to
re-turn.
I
am
going
a
long
journey,
Never
to
re-turn,
I
am
long
and
tedious
journey
Never
to
return.
I
am
going
a
long
journey,
Never
to
return,
Never
to
return.
long
and
te-dious
journey,
Never
to
return.
I
am
going
a
long
journey,
Never
to
return,
Nev
-
er
to
re-turn,
Never
to
re-
turn,
Never
te
-
di-ous
journey.
Never
to
return.
I
am
going
a
long
journey,
Never
to
return.
Nev-er
to
re
-
turn,
Never
to
re-turn,
Never
to
re
going
a
long
jour-ney,
Never
to
re-turn,
I
am
Never
to
re
-
turn,
Never
to
re
-
turn.
The
above
anthem
is
the
last
tune
in
the
1st
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp
by
White
&
King,
published
in
1844,
and
has
occupied
the
same
oasres
in
all
the
revisions
since
that