“The Funeral Hymn”
Description
"Oh, carry me away to the graveyard After a long time suffering, Where every day will be Sunday, by and by, By and by, by and by, Where every day will be Sunday, by and by." "So fare you well, dear (father/mother/brothers/etc.), I am going home to glory."
Supplemental text
Funeral Hymn, The
Partial text(s)
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A Funeral Hymn
From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, p. 207.
"Copy furnished by Prof. Leon Denny Moses."
Oh, carry me away to the graveyard,
After a long time suffering,
Where every day will be Sunday, by and by,
By and by, by and by,
Where every day will be Sunday, by and by.
So fare you well, dear father,
I am going home to glory.,
Where every day will be Sunday, by and by,
By and by, by and by,
Where every day will be Sunday, by and by.
(4 additional stanzas)
References
- Fuson, p. 207, "A Funeral Hymn" (1 text)
- ST Fus207 (Partial)
- Roud #16370
- BI, Fus207