“When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round”
Description
"When sorrows encompass me 'round, And many distresses I see, Astonished, I cry, 'Can a poor mortal be found Surrounded with troubles like me?'" The weary singer hopes for peace, and expects at last to find it with Jesus
Supplemental text
When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round
Partial text(s)
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Death-Bed Song
From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, pp. 217-218
"From singing of Mrs. Louisa Moses."
While sorrows encompass me round,
And endless distresses I see,
Astonished, I cry, "Can a mortal be found
That's surrounded with troubles like me!"
Few hours of peace I enjoy,
And these are succeeded by pain;
If a moment of praising my God I employ,
I have hours and days to complain.
(7 additional stanzas)
Cross references
- cf. "Am I Born to Die? (Idumea)" (tune)
References
- Warner 94, "When Sorrows Encompass Me 'Round" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Fuson, pp. 217-218, "Death-Bed Song" (1 text)
- ST Wa094 (Partial)
- Roud #16402
- BI, Wa094