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PARTING
FRIENDS.
C.
M.
D.
"And
to
wait
for
his
son
from
heaven."-1
Thess
1:
10.
Key
of
E
Minor.
E.
L.
King.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
What
is
there
here
to
court
my
stay,
And
keep
me
back
from
home,
)
When
an
-
gels
beck
-
on
me
a
-
way,
And
Je
-
sus
bids
me
come?}
Shall
I
re
-
gret
my
What
is
there
here
to
court
my
stay,
And
keep
me
back
from
home
When
an
-
gels
beck
-
on
me
a
-
way,
And
Je
-
sus
bids
me
come?
}
Shall
I
re
-
gret my
part
-
ing
friends
here
in
this
vale
con
-
fined?
Nay,
but
where
e'er
my
soul
as
-
cends,
They
will
not
stay
be
-
hind.
part
-
ing
friends
here
in
this
vale
con
-
fined?
Nay,
but
where
e'er
my
soul
as
-
cends,
They
will
not
stay
be
-
hind.
E.
L.
King,
author
of
the
above
tune,
was
on
the
committee
to
make
the
first
appendix
to
The
Sacred
Harp,
1850,
and
engaged
with
the
committee
in
the
revision.
See
page
263.
He
was
a
close
relative
of
E.
J.
King,
one
of
the
first
compilers
of
The
Sacred
Harp.
He
has
three
tunes
in
the
appendix
to
Sacred
Harp.
He
helped
to
write,
to-wit:
"Parting
Friends,"
"The
Lost
City,"
and
"The
Cause
of
Christ."
He
was
a
young
man
in
1850;
a
splendid
director
of
music.
He
was
one
of
the
organizers
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
in
1845.
We
have
no
data
about
him
since
the
Civil
War.
The
words
are
so
changed
as
to
suit
the
hymn
by
the
author
of
the
music.