No. 183 I’m Going Home or I Don’t Care to Stay Here Long, Osh 282
Pentatonic, mode 3 (I II III — V VI —)
Farewell, vain world, I’m going home,
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
And I don’t care to stay here long.
Sweet angels beckon me away
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
And I don’t care to stay here long.
Right up yonder, Christians,
Away up yonder;
O yes, my Lord,
For I don’t care to stay here long.
Further stanzas of the text are given under ‘Golden Harp’. This tune was recorded for the 1850 edition of the Sacred Harp, evidently by the Georgian, Leonard P. Breedlove.