[Music]
While trav'ling through this world below,
Where sore afflictions come,
My soul abounds with joy to know
That I will rest at home.
Carry me home, carry me home,
When my life is o'er;
Then carry me to my long sought home where pain is felt no more.
Yes, when my eyes are closed in death,
My body cease to roam,
I'll bid farewell to all below
And meet my friends at home.
Carry me home _etc._
And then I want these lines to be
Inscribed upon my tomb:
"Here lies the dust of S. R. P.,
His spirit sings at home."
Carry me home _etc._
The initials in the third stanza belonged to "Professor S. R. Penick,
a devoted Christian man, and one who was very fond of music,"
according to James, 1911 editor of the OSH. But he ascribes tune and
words to M. Sikes, a singing-school teacher in Georgia before the
Civil War. The tune is a variant of 'Dying Boy' in this collection.
No. 86
JORDAN, SKH 86