[Music]
O when shall I see Jesus,
And reign with Him above,
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love?
O had I wings, I would fly away and be at rest,
And I'd praise God in his bright abode.
Further stanzas of the John Leland text are given under 'Faithful
Soldier'. The tune seems, according to the note in the _Sacred Harp_,
to have been first recorded by T. W. Carter of Georgia in the 1840's.
The tune of the chorus is essentially the same as in 'Heaven-Born
Soldiers'; in the negro tune 'Every Hour in the Day', SS p. 58; the
negro tune 'O Daniel', SS p. 94; 'William and Polly', Sharp, ii., 141;
'Rebel Soldier', Sharp, ii., 212-215; and Petrie, Nos. 1191 and 1290.
No. 198
SAVE MIGHTY LORD, OSH 70