The Soldier’s Return

Instrumentation: Guitar, Recorders (improvisations)
Time: 2:56
Download: Music (mp3) | Score (png)

1. Oh! that I had some secret place,
    Where I might hide from sorrow:
Where I might see my Saviour’s face,
    And thus be saved from terror.
O had I wings like Noah’s dove,
    I’d leave this world and Satan,
And fly away to realms above,
    Where angels stand inviting.

2. My heart is often made to mourn,
    Because I’m faint and feeble;
And when my Saviour seems to frown
    My soul is filled with trouble.
But when he doth again return,
    And I repent my folly,
‘Tis then I after glory run,
    And still my Jesus follow.

Details
Author: Unknown
Composer: Scotch Air
Meter: 8s & 7s
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