O Come to Meet Him, Saints of God (Song of Farewell) CWB II 151

This is another funeral song and another version of the “Song of Farewell.”

This has a text by Delores Dufner and it is here set to RICHMOND.

The text is on page nine of this brochure, which has other good funeral song suggestions. They also use the tune AMAZING GRACE, which is probably better known and so better for participation.

Most sheet music I have seen put this song in G, as below, but CWB II brings it down to F (thanks be to God).

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) page 660
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2 Responses to O Come to Meet Him, Saints of God (Song of Farewell) CWB II 151

  1. Lou Anne Tighe says:

    The hymn that Sister Delores Dufner uses with O Come to Meet Him Saint of God is LAND OF REST, not RICHMOND.

    • admin says:

      G’day Lou Anne

      Thanks for the information. I suppose you could use any 8.6.8.6 tune, that’s the glory of a metrical text. Catholic Worship Book II in Australia chose a traditional English hymn tune over a traditional American hymn tune, albeit originally probably from Scotland. Maybe RICHMOND is used more frequently over here.

      cheers

      Geoff

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