Hicks' Farewell (William Walker)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-21). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 40 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1835. All eleven stanzas of Hicks' hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Hicks' Farewell
First Line: The time is swiftly rolling on
Arranger: William Walker
Lyricist: Berryman Hicks
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: William Walker says "This song was composed by the Rev. B. Hicks (a Baptist Minister of South Carolina) and sent to his wife while he was confined in Tennessee by a fever of which he afterwards [re]covered" (Southern Harmony 1835, p. 19). George P. Jackson (1933, pp. 203-205) identifies the composer as Berryman Hicks, a Baptist preacher of South Carolina and Tennessee, 1778-1839. All agree that Hicks wrote the words; some musicians and historians believe he wrote the tune as well.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. The time is swiftly rolling on, |
4. My brother preachers boldly speak, |
7. O Lord a father to them be. |
10. How often you have looked for me, |