Hicks' Farewell, Lyric Variant 02

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Spirituals (Songs)--United States

Clergy--Songs and music

Last words--Songs and music

Farewells--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

The Dying Father's Farewell, Hick's Farewell, The Minister's Last Goodbye

Hicks, Berryman Theodore, 1778-1839

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

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The Dying Preacher

My brother preacher bodly speaks
And stands on Zion’s walls,
T’revive the strong,confirm the weak
And after sinners call.

My brothers,fare you well.
Your fellowship I love.
In time no more, I shall see you,
But soon we’ll meet above.

My little children near my heart
And nature seems to bind.
It grieves me sorely to depart,
And leave you all behind.

O Lord,a Father to them be,
And keep them from all harm.
That they may love and worship Thee
And dwell upon the charms.

My loving wife, my bosom friend,
The object of my love,
The time’s been sweet I’ve spent with you
My sweet and harmless dove.

My loving wife, don’t grieve for me,
Neither lament nor mourn.
For I shall with my Savior be,
When you are left alone.

How often you have looked for me,
And often seen me come,
But now I must depart from thee
And never more return.

For I can never come to thee,
Let not this grieve your heart.
For you will shortly come to me
Where we shall never part.

Brown, Religious Songs - 530 Randolph, 617

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