Never get tir’d a-serving of the Lord.
Come along and shout along,
Ye heav’n born soldiers,
Come along and shout along
And pray by the way.
The misfit of words and notes in the first part of the song is quite evident. The compiler of the Social Harp credits J. F. Wade with the song and dates it 1854. The popularity of the melodic trend in the above chorus may be realized when we see it in ‘[Ecstacy]’ in this collection; in the negro Slave Songs, Nos. 78 and 114; in ‘William and Polly’, Sharp, ii., 141; and ‘Rebel Soldier’, Sharp, ii., 212-215.
No. 196
[TO LAY THIS BODY DOWN] or WHITE or [I’M A LONG TIME TRAVELING], OSH 288
Hexatonic, mode 1 b (I II — IV V VI 7)
Ye fleeting charms of earth, farewell,