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WHITE. C. M.
C.
M.
"For
whatsoever
is
born
of
God
overcometh
the
world;
and
this
is
the
victory
that
overcometh
the
world,
even
our
faith."
I
John
5-4.
Key
of
E.
Major.
Chorus.
By
Eld.
Edmund
Dumas,
1856.
1.
Ye
fleet-ing
charms
of
earth
fare-well,
Your
springs
of
joy
are
dry;
My
soul
now
seeks
an-
oth-er
home.
A
bright
-
er
world
on
high.
I'm
a
long
time
trav'-ling
here
be-low,
I'm
a
2.
Fare
-
well,
my
friends,
whose
ten-der
care
Has
long
en-gaged
my
love;
Your
fond
em
-
brace
I
now
exchance
For
bet-ter
friends
a-bove.
I'm
a
long
time
trav'-ling
here
be-low,
I'm
a
long
time
trav'-ling
a
-
way
from
home,
I'm
a
long
time
trav'-ling
here
be
-
low
To
lay
this
bod
-
y
down.
long
time
trav'-ling
a
-
way
from
home,
I'm
a
long
time
trav'-ling
here
be
-
low
To
lay
this
bod
-
y
down.
In
honor
of
B.
F.
White.
See
various
remarks
about
Mr.
Dumas,
connected
with
his
tune
in
the
"original
Sacred
Harp."
This
volume
he
composed
it
in
honor
of
B.
F.
White
It
is
a
good
tune.
It
was
placed
on
this
page
by
the
revisers
in
1859,
by
removing
another
splendid
tune
from
this
page,
"Shepherds
Rejoice."
It
has
been
remodeled
by
B.
S.
Aikin
and
also
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson
1911,
and
put
in
the
fifth
edition,
1911,
page
479.
See
also
Union
Harp
and
history
of
song
by
J.
S.
James,
1909,
page
41.
See
about
Akin,
page
479,
and
Breedlove
in
various
parts
of
this
book.