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Journey Home 111t

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: R. F. M. Mann, 1868
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Mead's General Selection, 1807 (1st Stanza); Baltimore Collection, 1801 (2nd & 3rd Stanza)
Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
O who will come and go with me;
I'm on my journey home.
I'm bound fair Canaan's land to see,
I'm on my journey home.

(Chorus)


Oh! who will come and go with me,, Lines 1 & 2
Chorus
O come and go with me,
For I'm on my journey home,
Home, sweet home, Bless the Lord.


2
Farewell, vain world, I'm going home,
I'm on my journey home.
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
I'm on my journey home.

(Chorus)


O may I worthy prove to see,, Stanza 5, Lines 1 & 2
3
Sweet angels beckon me away,
I'm on my journey home.
To sing God's praise in endless day,
I'm on my journey home.

(Chorus)


O may I worthy prove to see,, Stanza 5, Lines 3 & 4