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Fallen by the Way 114b

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: William Riley McCoy, 1902
Poet: The Sacred Harp, Revised and Improved, 1902
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
I feel I've fallen by the way,
I feel I'm all undone;
My way gets shorter ev'ry day
To my eternal home.

(Chorus)
I feel I've fallen by the way,, Stanza 1
Chorus
Jesus, blessed Savior,
Hear my fainting cry;
O Jesus, be thou nearer
When I am called to die.
I feel I've fallen by the way,, Chorus