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Farewell, vain world, I'm going home

Appears in 47 hymnals Used With Tune: OLD HUNDRED

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OLD HUNDRED

Appears in 1,979 hymnals Incipit: 11765 12333 32143 Used With Text: Farewell, vain world, I'm going home

I'M GOING HOME

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Leonard P. Breedlove Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 15553 55356 66511 Used With Text: Farewell, vain world! I'm going home!

SERVICE OF THE LORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. J. King Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 56153 55313 55532 Used With Text: Farewell, vain world, I’m going home

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Farewell, vain world, I’m going home

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #80b (1991) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1. Farewell, vain world, I'm going home; I am bound to die in the army. My Savior smiles and bids me come, I am bound to die in the army. I am bound to live in the service of my Lord, I am bound to die in the army. 2. Sweet angels beckon me away, I am bound to die in the army. To sing God's praise in endless day, I am bound to die in the army. I am bound to live in the service of my Lord, I am bound to die in the army. Languages: English Tune Title: SERVICE OF THE LORD

Farewell, vain world! I'm going home!

Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #282 (1991) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English Tune Title: I'M GOING HOME
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Farewell, vain world, I'm going home

Hymnal: The Brethren Hymnal #512 (1901) Languages: English Tune Title: FAREWELL, VAIN WORLD

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Leonard P. Breedlove

1801 - 1900 Composer of "I'M GOING HOME" in The Sacred Harp Breedlove served on the 1849-50 com­mit­tee for the Sac­red Harp mu­sic­al con­ven­tion. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

John Palmer Reese

1828 - 1900 Person Name: J. P. Reese Composer of "THE GOLDEN HARP" in Sacred Tunes and Hymns John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins

H. S. Reese

Author of "Farewell, vain world, I'm going home" in The Sacred Harp
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