For while I lay groaning in sad lamentation,
My soul overwhelmed in sorrow and grief,
He drew near in mercy, looked on me in pity,
He pardon’d my sins and he gave me relief.
The tune is practically the same as ‘Grenadier and the Lady’, JFSS, viii., 194.
No. 13
[WEDLOCK (A)], SOC 188
Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)
When Adam was created,
He dwelt in Eden’s shade,