“Here lies the dust of S. R. P.,

His spirit sings at home.”

Carry me home etc.

The initials in the third stanza belonged to “Professor S. R. Penick, a devoted Christian man, and one who was very fond of music,” according to James, 1911 editor of the OSH. But he ascribes tune and words to M. Sikes, a singing-school teacher in Georgia before the Civil War. The tune is a variant of ‘[Dying Boy]’ in this collection.

No. 86
[JORDAN], SKH 86

Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)

On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand

And cast a wishful eye,

To Canaan’s fair and happy land