The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12453

12453. Good-Bye (Parting Hymn)

1 These scenes so bright, now take their flight
As birds in summer seem to fly;
Again we stand with parting hand,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

Refrain:
Goodbye, goodbye, we breathe a sigh,
We say farewell with tear-dimmed eye;
God bless you all, God keep you all,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

2 As oft we meet, and dear ones greet,
Heart speaks to heart and eye to eye;
Time speeds away, and soon we say,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. [Refrain]

3 Sometime we’ll meet, sometime we’ll greet
Each other in that land on high;
There we will stay, and never say,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: These scenes so bright, now take their flight
• Title: Good-Bye (Parting Hymn)
• Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1898)
• Refrain First Line: Goodbye, goodbye, we breathe a sigh
• Language: English
• Source: Light in the Valley (Philadelphia: George C. Hugg, 1898)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [These scenes so bright, now take their flight]
• Composer: George Crawford Hugg
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain