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Text:Go, Happy Soul
Author:George Ratcliffe Woodward
Tune:COMMANDMENTS
Composer (bass):C. Goudimel

590. Go, Happy Soul

1 Go, happy soul: thy days are ended,
thy pilgrimage on earth below;
go, by angelic guard attended;
to God's own Paradise now go.

2 Go, Christ the Shepherd good befriend thee,
who gave his life thy soul to win;
'tis even he that shall defend thee,
thy going out and coming in.

3 Go forth in peace; farewell to sadness;
may rest in Paradise be thine;
in Jesus' presence there is gladness,
light everlasting on thee shine.

Text Information
First Line: Go, happy soul: thy days are ended
Title: Go, Happy Soul
Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1910, alt.)
Meter: 9.8.9.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Funerals
Tune Information
Name: COMMANDMENTS
Composer (bass): C. Goudimel (1565)
Meter: 9.8.9.8
Key: G Major
Source: Melody in the Genevan Psalter (1551)



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