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VALLEY
GROVE.
L.
M.
"Blessed
are
the
dead
which
die
in
the
Lord."-Rev.
14:
13.
Key
of
E
Minor.
R.
F.
Ball,
about
1844.
CHORUS.
1. How
blest
the
righteous
when
he
die.
How
gently
heaves
the
expiring
breast; How
mildly
beams
the
elosing
eyes.
When
sinks
a
weary
soul
to
rest.
Sweet
Home?
Oh,
when
shall
I
get
there,
So
fades
a
summer
cloud
a-way,
So
sinks
the
gale
when
storms
are
o'er,
So
gently
shuts
the
closing
day,
So
dies
the
wave
a-long
the
shose.
Sweet
Home,
O
when
shall
I
get
there?
3. Life's
duty
done
as
sinks
the
clay,
Light
from
its
foad
the
epirit
flies.
While
heaven
and
earth
combine
to
say,
How
blest
the
righteoos
when
he
dies
Sweet
Home,
O
when
shall
I get
there?
The
above
tune
was
once
in
the
Sacred
Harp
by
White
and
King,
but
was
removed
by
the
revisors
and
the
tune
"Eureka"
put
in
its
place.
Some
minor
changes
have
been
made
to
it.
Alto
added
by
Professor
Denson,
and
the
tune
and
words
arranged
in
its
present
form
for
the
Fifth
Edition
to
the
Sacred
Harp
of
19011.
See
his-
tory
of
R.
F.
Ball
under
tune,
"I
Am
Passing
Away,"
this
page.
The
words
have
been
re-arranged
by
J.
S.
James.
I
AM
PASSING
AWAY.
L.
M.
"Remember
how
short
my
time
is:"-89th
Ps.
47.
Key
of
F
Major.
R.
F.
Ball,
about
1844.
Pass
a
few
swiftly
fleeting
years,
And
all
that
now
in
bod
-
ies
are,
Shall
quit
like
me
this
vale
of
tears,
Their
righteous
sentence
to
re-ceive.
Pass
a
few
swiftly
fleeting
years,
And
all
that
now
in
bod -
ies
are,
Shall
quit
like
me
this
vale
of
tears,
Their
righteous
sentence
to
re-ceive,
This
tune
was
once
in
the
Sacred
Harp,
on
page
395,
but
was
removed
by
the Revisors
in
1869
and
tune,
"Fleeting
Days"
inserted.
Alto
has
been
added
and
ocrrections
in
words
and
music
made.
Its present
form
has
been
arranged
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James.
R.
F.
Ball
was
a
fine
leader
and
director
of
music.
It
is
claimed
he
went
West
about
35
years
ago.
Others
say
he
died
many
years
ago
in
Georgia;
helped
to
revise
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1859;
was
for
a
long
while
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
of
Georgia.