For the gospel ship is passing by,
I can’t stay away.
Further stanzas of the text are given under ‘[Golden Harp]’. Compare, for melodic similarities ‘Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard’, Sharp, i., 161, 162, 164, 168, and 170.
No. 154
[MY HOME IS OVER JORDAN], REV 390
Pentachordal, cannot be classified (I II 3 IV V — —)
My home is over Jordan,
My home is over Jordan,
My home is over Jordan,
Where pleasures never die.