[Music]
Jesus, my all, to heav'n has gone,
Glory hallelujah,
He whom I fix my hopes upon,
Glory hallelujah.
I want a seat in paradise,
Glory hallelujah,
I love that union never dies,
Glory hallelujah.
The recording of this tune is credited to Dr. R. R. Osborne, a
Georgian. The core of the words is by John Cennick, a text which is
given more fully under 'River of Jordan'.
The tune is built up easily on the theme of the first two measures
which is similar to the beginning of 'Henry Martin', see Rickaby, p.
161, and Sandburg, p. 176. 'Henry Martin' is based on an incident in
British marine history which took place in the year 1476. See S.
Baring-Gould, _Songs of the West_, song No. 53, and note. Another old
relative of the tune seems to be 'There were Three Ravens' which was
recorded in 1611 as follows:
[Music]
There were three ra'ens sat on a tree,
Down a down hey down a down.
See Jackson, _English Melodies from the 13th to the 18th Century_, p.
24. German tunes with practically the same opening phrase and dating
from the sixteenth century are in Erk-Böhme, _Deutscher Liederhort_,
vol. iii., p. 718.
No. 241
MORNING TRUMPET, OSH 85