[Music]
Sister, thou wast mild and lovely,
Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of evening
When it flows among the trees.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in the grave so low;
Thou no more wilt join our number,
Thou no more our songs shalt know.
Dearest sister, thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel;
But 'tis God that hast bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled,
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tear is shed.
The words are attributed in the _Sacred Harp_ to Samuel Francis Smith,
author of 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee'.
No. 104
ROSE, REV 332
Heptatonic aeolian or dorian minorized, cannot be classified (I II 3
IV V [VI] 6 [VII] 7)
[Music]
O tell me no more Of this world's vain store,
The time for such trifles With me now is o'er.
A country I've found Where true joys abound,
To dwell I'm determined On that happy ground.
The souls that believe, in paradise live,
And me in that number will Jesus receive;
My soul, don't delay, he calls thee away;
Rise, follow the Savior, and bless the glad day.
Four more stanzas of the text are given in the _Revivalist_. The tune
was recorded "as sung by Rev. A. C. Rose" from whom it got its title.
The oldest recording of the melody known to me is on page 38 of
Ingalls' _Christian Harmony_, 1805. The Reverend Rose's song appears
in this collection also as 'O Tell Me No More', in its standardized
tune-book form, whereas the recorder of the above variant has caught
much of the folk-singing manner. Both of the tunes in question are
related to the 'Lord Randal' melodies which are found in Sharp, i.,
43, G.
No. 105
SUPPLICATION, OSH 45