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Parting Hymn 11s

By Fynn Titford-Mock

Key
A minor
Type
Folk hymn
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2017–18
Text
Thomas Cleland, unknown

Text

Farewell, my dear brethren, farewell for a while,
We'll soon meet again, if kind Providence smile,
But while we are parted, and scatter'd abroad,
We'll pray for each other, and trust in the Lord.

The world and the devil, and sin, all unite,
And hold persecution, your souls to affright;
But Jesus, your leader, is stronger than they -
Let this animate you to march on your way.

Farewell, my dear brethren, farewell all around,
Perhaps we'll not meet till the last trumpet's sound;
To meet you in glory I give you my hand,
Our Saviour to praise in a pure social band.