[Music]
Farewell, vain world, I'm going home,
I can't stay away,
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
I can't stay away.
I can not stay much longer here,
I can't stay away,
For the gospel ship is passing by,
I can't stay away.
Further stanzas of the text are given under 'Golden Harp'. Compare,
for melodic similarities 'Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard', Sharp,
i., 161, 162, 164, 168, and 170.
No. 154
MY HOME IS OVER JORDAN, REV 390