Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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88t Done with the World

Words: John Cennick, 1743

Music: B. F. White, 1844. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911

Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)

Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.
He whom I fix my hopes upon,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.

[chorus]
I am done with the world, and I want to serve the Lord,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.