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THE
LOVED
ONES.
Concluded.
Key
of
C
Major.
old, his
locks
in
-
ter
-
mingl
-
ed
with
grey;
His
foot-steps
are
fee
-
ble,
Once
fearless
and
bold,
Thy
fath-er
is
pass-ing
a
-
way.
old, his
locks
in
-
ter
-
mingl
-
ed
with
grey;
His
foot-steps
are
fee - ble,
Once
fearless
and
bold,
Thy
fath-er
is
pass-ing
a
-
way.
THE
WANDERER'S
GRAVE.
C.
M.
"The
Lord
preserveth
the
strangers."-Psa.
146:9
Key
of
G
Major.
W.
L.
Williams,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
A
-
way
from
home,
away
from
friends,
And
all
the
heart
holds
dear,
A
wear
-
y
wan-der-er
laid
him
down,
Nor
kindly
aid
was
near.
2
And
sickness
prey'd
up-on
his
frame,And
told
its
tale
of
woe,
While
sor
-
row
marked
his
pallid
cheeks,
And
sank
his
spirits
low.
3
Nor
waiting
friends
stood
round
his
couch
A
healing
to
impart,
Nor
human
voice
spoke
sympathy,
To
soothe
his
aching
heart.
4
The
stars
of
night
his
watchers
were,
His
fan
the
rude
wind's
breath,
And
while
they
sighed
his
hollow
moans,
He
closed
his
eyes
in
death.
5
No
willing
grave
received
the
corpse
Of
this
poor
lonely
one,
His
bones,
alas,
were
left
to
bleach,
And
moulder
'neath
the
sun.
6
The
night
wolf
howl'd
his
requiem,
The
rude
winds
danced
his
dirge,
And
e'er
anon
in
mournful
chime,
Sighed
forth
the
mellow
surge.
W.
L.
Williams
the
author
of
the
above
tune
lived
in
Chambers
County,
Ala.
He
was
a
fine
singer
and
composer.
He
belonged
to
the
Southern
Musical
Conven-
tion,
and
attended
it
on
up
to
the
Civil
War,
but
has
not
been
heard
of
since
that
time.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
See
Christiam
Harmony,
by
William
Walker,
page
139,
same
tune
and
words.