Farewell dear brothers
my sisters farewell
for my Lord is calling me
and I want to go
If tears are shed
and my own be salty
'tis farewell I bid thee
not goodbye you know
*
He had first awakened me
under the apple tree
and set me as a seal
upon His loving heart
and now because His kindness
is sweeter than any eartly wine
He bids me rise to walk with Him
ne'er more to be apart
*
In the early of the morning
I heard the blackbird's song
and in my heart a gentler voice
"arise My fair one, My love
the rain for you is over
the chill of winter past
come away dear child come away
to thy Father's home above.
my sisters farewell
for my Lord is calling me
and I want to go
If tears are shed
and my own be salty
'tis farewell I bid thee
not goodbye you know
*
He had first awakened me
under the apple tree
and set me as a seal
upon His loving heart
and now because His kindness
is sweeter than any eartly wine
He bids me rise to walk with Him
ne'er more to be apart
*
In the early of the morning
I heard the blackbird's song
and in my heart a gentler voice
"arise My fair one, My love
the rain for you is over
the chill of winter past
come away dear child come away
to thy Father's home above.