[Music]
Mercy, O thou son of David,
Thus poor blind Bartimeus pray'd;
Others by thy grace are saved,
Now to me afford thine aid.
Money was not what he wanted,
Though by begging used to live;
But he asked and Jesus granted
Alms which none but he could give.
"Lord, remove this grievous blindness;
Let mine eyes behold the day."
Straight he saw and, won by kindness,
Followed Jesus by the way.
Tune attributed to J. M. Day, a Georgian. Doubt as to the correctness
of this source is cast by the appearance of both tune and text in the
_Christian Lyre_ of 1830, No. 4. Variants are 'Invocation', GOS 67,
and 'Lord Revive Us', PB 198. The _Sacred Harp_ editor evidently
looked upon this tune as one in _a_-minor, whereas it is probably a
dorian melody with _f_-sharp as its tonic, and should have also a
_d_-sharp in its key signature.
No. 22
MOULDERING VINE, UH 101