A heav’n I sometimes hope to see,
But fear again ’tis not for me;
But Jesus, Jesus is my friend,
O, hallelujah, hallelujah,
Jesus, Jesus is my friend.
The chorus of the above tune has features similar to ‘[Jesus Is My Friend (A)]’, in this collection. The whole tune seems to be a degenerate offspring of ‘[Davisson’s Retirement]’, in this collection.
No. 237
[DERRETT] or IT WON’T BE LONG, SOC 108
Hexatonic, mode 4 a (I II — IV V 6 7)
Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,