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Carry Me Home/Penick
Traditional Folk hymn; Words: Anonymous 1857; Music: M. Sykes 1857
ARTIST: Original Sacred Harp Choir 1922
SHEET MUSIC:
DATE: 1857 Sykes; Original Sacred Harp Choir 1922
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Carry Me Home
Us - Penick [C.M]
Penick [C.M] [Me III-D 92] - Sykes, M.
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p112/# 85 (Carry Me Home)
J.T, Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 1928
Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers OK 1929
Original Sacred Harp Choir 1922
Sacred Harp (1991 edition)
OTHER NAMES: "Penick [C.M]"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Meade [Me III-D 92]; Sacred Harp (1991 edition); Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, George P. Jackson 1937
NOTES: "Carry Me Home" is a folk hymn that appeared under that title in George P. Jackson's "Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America" in 1937. The title in the Sacred Harp is Penick. It was recorded as Penick by Original Sacred Harp Choir 1922, J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 1928 and Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers OK 1929
Carry Me Home (387 Penick)
Tune: M. Sykes, 1857 Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
While trav’ling through the world below,
Where sore afflictions come,
My soul abounds with joy to know
That I will rest at home.
Chorus: Carry me home, when my life is o’er;
Then carry me to my long-sought home,
Where pain is felt no more.
My soul’s delight has been to sing
Of glorious days to come,
When I shall, with my God and King,
Forever rest at home.
(Chorus)
Yes when my eyes are closed in death,
My body cease to roam,
I’ll bid farewell to all below,
And meet my friends at home.
(Chorus)
And then I want these lines to be
Inscribed upon my tomb,
“Here lies the dust of SRP,
His spirit sings at home.”
(Chorus)
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