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GOOD
BY.
C. M.
'Lord
I
will
follow
thee;
but
let
me
frst
go
bid
them
farewell,
which
are
at
home
at
my
house."
Luke
9-61.
J.
G.
McCurry,
1855,
J.
G.
McCurry,
1855.
Rearranged
by
S.
M.
Denson,
April,
1911.
1. Fare
-
well,
fare-well
is
a
lone-ly
sound,
And
al-ways
brings
a
sigh,
But
give
to
me
that
good
old
word
That
comes
from
the
heart,
good-by, A -
2. On
Bue-na
Vista'
s
blood-y
field
A
Sol
-
dier
dy
-
ing
lay
His
thought
were
of
his
man-sion
home
Some
thous-and
miles
a
way;
He
3.
My
fel
-
low,
com
-
rades,
you
will
tell,
A
-
bout
this
blood-y
fray,
My
coun-try's
stand-ard,
say
to
him,
Was
safe
with
me
this
day;
I've
4.
I
know 'twill
grieve
his
in
-
most
soul.
To
think
that
nev-er
more,
I'll
sit
with
him
be
-
neath
the
oak,
That
shades
his
cot-tage
door:
But
dieu,
a
-
dieu,
may
do
for
the
gay,
When
plea-sure's
throng
is
nigh.
But
give
to
me
when
lov-ers
part,
That
lov-ing
word
goodby.
called
his
com-rads
to
his
side,
For
much
he
had
to
say,-A
few
brief
words
to
his
friends
he
left,
Some
thou-sand
miles
a
-
way,
made
a
pil
-
low
of
it
now,
on
which
to
lay
my
head,
A
wind-ing
sheet
you'll
make
of
it,
When
I
am
with
the
dead.
tell
the
time-worn
pa
-
tri
-
ot,
That,
mind-ful
of
his
fame.
Upon
this
blood-y
bat-tle
field
I
sul-lied
not
his
name.
This
tune
as
it
was
originally
composed
by
John
G.
McCurry,
appears
in
the
Social
Harp,
by
him
1855,
page
253
and 254.
The
tune
has
been
re-arranged
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James,
and
alto
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson
in
1911,
McCurry
placed
a
note
at
the
head
of
this
tune,
which
was
as
follows:
As
played
on
the
ac-
cordion
by
Mrs.
Martha
J.
Hodge
of
Hartwell.
John
G.
McCurry
published
a
song
book
called
The
Social
Harp
1855.
four
shape
headed
notes
same
as
this
book
The
preface
to
this
book
is
dated
Annersonville,
Hart
County
Ga.,
March
16,
1855,
It
has
a
large
number
of
old
Sacred
songs,
and
a
great
many
tunes
composed
by
himself.
He
died
in
that
county
about
twenty
years
ago.
He
was
a
farmer,
owning
a
large
plantation
at
the
time
of
his
death,
and
was
highly
respected
and
loved
by
all
who
knew
him,