1348 | The Cyber Hymnal#1349 | 1350 |
Text: | Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee |
Author: | Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby |
Tune: | [Entreat me not to leave thee] |
Composer: | Robert Lowry |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Entreat me not to leave thee,
My heart goes with thee now;
Why turn my footsteps homeward?
No friend so dear as thou!
Thy heart has borne my sorrow,
And I have wept for thine;
And now how can I leave thee?
Oh, let thy lot be mine.
Refrain
Entreat me not to leave thee,
Entreat me not to leave thee,
Or to return from following after thee;
For where thou goest I will go,
And where thou lodgest I will lodge;
Thy people shall be my people,
And thy God my God,
Thy people shall be my people,
And thy God my God.
2. I’ll follow where thou leadest;
My love will cling to thee;
And where thy head is pillowed,
My nightly rest shall be;
Thy birthplace and thy kindred
I’ll cherish like my own;
Thy God shall be my refuge,
I’ll worship at His throne. [Refrain]
3. Where death’s cold hand shall find thee,
There let my eyelids close,
And, in the grave beside thee,
This mortal frame repose:
Oh, do not now entreat me;
No friend so dear as thou;
My heart would break in anguish
If I should leave thee now. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Entreat me not to leave thee |
Title: | Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee |
Author: | Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1875) |
Refrain First Line: | Entreat me not to leave thee |
Language: | English |
Source: | Brightest and Best, by Robert Lowry & W. Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 120. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Entreat me not to leave thee] |
Composer: | Robert Lowry |
Incipit: | 51765 65566 71552 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |