With Jesus we ever shall reign,
And all his bright glories shall see,
Singing hallelujah, Amen,
Amen, even so let it be.
This is probably a homespun text. Its tune is called a “popular old melody.” I find it almost identical with a ‘Kilrush Air’ in Petrie, No. 167, and with a close variant of the latter, Petrie, No. 283. Other related tunes are ‘Tweed Side’, SMM, p. 9; ‘Inkle and Yarico’, The English Repository, p. 226; ‘[O I’m So Happy]’, ‘[Faithful Soldier]’, and ‘[Sawyer’s Exit]’ in this collection.
No. 54
[SEPARATION], UHH 27
Heptatonic aeolian, mode 2 A + b (I II 3 IV V 6 7)
Our cheerful voices let us raise
And sing a parting song;