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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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[Alas! and did my Saviour bleed]

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

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Remember, Lord, thy dying groans,
And then remember me.