I was wandering and weary (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-12-22)  CPDL #52697:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-12-22).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: I was wandering and weary
Tune: The good Shepherd
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Frederick William Faber

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: Irregular meter

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 241, p. 158
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

1  I was wandering and weary, When my Saviour came to me; For the ways of since grew dreary, And the world had ceased to woo me: And I thought I heard Him say As He came along his way: R:  O wandering souls, come near Me; My sheep should never fear Me: I am the Shepherd true.

2  At first I would not hearken, But put off till the morrow, Till life began to darken, And I grew sick with sorrow; Then I thought I heard Him say, As He came along His way, R:

3  At last I stopped to listen, His voice could ne’er deceive me; I saw His kind eye glisten, So anxious to relieve me; Then I knew I heard Him say, As He came along His way, R:

4  I thought His love would weaken As more and more He knew me, But it burneth like a beacon, And its light and heat go thro’ me; And I ever hear Him say, As He goes along His way, R: