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GEORGIA.
C.
M.
"
Return
unto
me,
and
I
will
return
unto
you,
saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
But
ye
said,
Wherein
shall
we
return
?"-MAL
3:7.
Key
of
E
Minor.
Re-turn,
O
God
of
love,
re
-
turn,
Earth
is
a
tire-some
place;
How
long
shall
we,
Thy
chil-dren,
mourn
Our
ab-sence
from
Thy
face?
This
tune
appears
in
"
Southern
Harmony,"
by
Walker,
1835,
page
72;
"
Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
page
28.
The
author
of
the
words
can
not
be
found.
IMANDRA
(New),
IIS.
"
He
that
loveth
not
his
brother
abideth
in
death."-JOHN
3
:
14.
Key
of
F
Major.
"Dover
Selection,"
page
196.
Farewell,
my
dear
brethren,
the
time
is
at
hand,
Our
several
engagements
now
call
us
away,
When
we
must
be
part-ed
from
this
social
band;
Our
parting
is
needful
and
we
must
obey.
This
tune
is
taken
from
"
Dover's
Selections."
page
192,
and
printed
in
"
Southern
Harmony,"
page
34,
1835;
"Sacred
Harp,"
by
White
and
King,
1844
to
1869.
None
of
the
hymn
books
in
this
section
show
who
composed
the
words.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.