No. 247 Lisbon or I Can Not Tarry Here, Soc 182
Pentatonic, mode 2 (I — 3 IV V — 7)
Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord,
And I can not tarry here;
Yet we believe his gracious word,
And I can not tarry here.
And I can not tarry here,
And I can not tarry here;
The gospel sounds the jubilee,
And I can not tarry here.
This song is attributed to Henry F. Chandler and dated 1854. ‘The Irish Girl’, as sung in Virginia, shows a similar rhythmic trend but is less closely related tonally. See Sharp, ii., 254. Greater melodic resemblance is seen in ‘Our Goodman’ Sharp, i., 269, tune “D”.