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Parting Friends 377b
Tune: Arranged by J. C. Graham, 1859
Alto: Mrs. Anna L. (Cooper) Blackshear, 1902
Lyrics: The Sacred Harp, 1859
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
The time will come when we must part,
When we must say farewell!
To part with you gives to my heart
A sting no one can tell.
When I am gone, and far away,
I still will think of thee,
I’ll think of thee both night and day,
O then, remember me.