No. 179 Wings of the Morning or Western Melody, Bhtbk, P. 213
Pentatonic, mode 3 (I II III — V VI —)
O thou almighty Father,
Come help me now to praise thy glory
(These words lacking in my recording)
Oh, had I the wings of the morning,
I’d fly away to Canaan’s shore;
Bright angels should convey me home
To the new Jerusalem.
The tune trend of the chorus is found also in ‘Rocky Mountain Top’, Sharp, ii., 110; and it is the whole tune of ‘My Home is Over Jordan’ in this collection.