[Music]
From whence doth this union arise,
That hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls in such ties
That nature and time can't remove.
It cannot in Eden be found
Nor yet in a paradise lost;
It grows on Immanuel's ground,
And Jesus' dear blood it did cost.
My friends are so precious to me,
Our hearts all united in love;
Where Jesus is gone we shall be,
In yonder blest mansions above.
O! why then so loath for to part,
Since we shall ere long meet again,
Engraved on Immanuel's heart,
At distance we cannot remain.
And when we shall see that bright day,
And join with the angels above,
Leaving these vile bodies of clay,
United with Jesus in love.
With Jesus we ever shall reign,
And all his bright glories shall see,
Singing hallelujah, Amen,
Amen, even so let it be.
This is probably a homespun text. Its tune is called a "popular old
melody." I find it almost identical with a 'Kilrush Air' in Petrie,
No. 167, and with a close variant of the latter, Petrie, No. 283.
Other related tunes are 'Tweed Side', SMM, p. 9; 'Inkle and Yarico',
_The English Repository_, p. 226; 'O I'm So Happy', 'Faithful
Soldier', and 'Sawyer's Exit' in this collection.
No. 54
SEPARATION, UHH 27