But hasten on the good old way,
O halle, hallelujah.
The words of the above song appeared in the Dover Selection in the early years of the nineteenth century and in the Zion Songster, a spiritual-song collection which appeared in 1832. The first appearance of the tune seems to have been in the Southern Harmony of 1835. A related tune in this collection is ‘[All the Way ’Long]’. Further stanzas of the text are given under ‘[Good Old Way (B)]’.
No. 170
[ALL THE WAY ’LONG], REV 172
Hexatonic, mode 3 A (I II III — V VI VII)
Oh, good old way, how sweet thou art,
All the way ’long it is Jesus.
May none of us from thee depart,
All the way ’long it is Jesus.