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I feel I've fallen by the way,

Poet: The Sacred Harp, Revised and Improved, 1902
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
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)

Fallen by the Way 114b, Stanza 1
Chorus
Jesus, blessed Savior,
Hear my fainting cry:
O Jesus, be thou nearer
When I am called to die.

Fallen by the Way 114b, Chorus
White, B. F. and E. J. King. The Sacred Harp, Revised and Improved. Dothan, Alabama: W. M. Cooper, 1902.