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The Southern harmony, and musical companion

containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems

PART I. CONTAINING MOST OF THE PLAIN AND EASY TUNES COMMONLY USED IN TIME OF DIVINE WORSHIP.

PART II. CONTAINING SOME OF THE MORE LENGTHY AND ELEGANT PIECES, COMMONLY USED AT CONCERTS, OR SINGING SOCIETIES.

APPENDIX: CONTAINING SEVERAL TUNES ENTIRELY NEW.

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[My dearest, lovely, native land]

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The following poem is scored for music in the source text.

My dearest, lovely, native land,
Where peace and pleasure grow,
Where joy, with fairest softest hand,
Wipes off the tear of woe;
Thy Sabbath's laws, and happy shores,
And names I love them well,
And looking o'er those richest stores,
How can I say farewell?