DESCRIPTION:
Recording from the 2009 Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Singing Convention.
www.wmshc.org

Image from the 1860 edition of the Sacred Harp, available online from the Library of Congress.

From www.FaSoLa.org:

Tune: E. J. King, 1844
Words: E. J. King, 1844
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)

Oh for a breeze of heavnly love
To waft my soul away
To that celestial world above,
Where pleasures neer decay.
Eternal Spirit, deign to be
My pilot here below,
To steer through lifes tempestuous sea,
Where stormy winds do blow.