Never forget the dear ones

Never forget the dear ones

Tune: [Never forget the dear ones]
Published in 13 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Never forget the dear ones
Around the social hearth,
The sunny smiles of gladness,
The songs of artless mirth;
Though other scenes may woo thee,
In other lands to roam,
Never forget the dear ones
That cluster round thy home.

2 Ever their hearts are turning
To thee when far away,
Their love so pure and tender,
Is with thee on thy way;
Where ever thou may'st wander,
Where ever thou may'st roam,
Never forget the dear ones
That cluster round thy home.

3 Never forget thy father,
Who cheerful toils for thee,
Within thy heart may ever,
Thy mother's image be;
Thy sister dear and brother,
They long for thee to come,
Never forget, dear ones
That cluster round thy home.


Source: The Silver Chime: a cluster of Sabbath school melodies, tunes, sentences, chants, etc., for the use of children and teachers in their school exercises, devotions, and recreations, to which is added... #86

Text Information

First Line: Never forget the dear ones
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Never forget the dear ones. [Home.] The tune by Dr. G. F. Boot with the title from the first line of this hymn has led many to assume that he was the author of the words also. So far as we can gather this is not so. It is, however, in his Young Men's Singing Book, N.Y., 1855, and thence in the Tonic Solfa Reporter, March, 1856, p. 117. In the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, it is given as Anon., circa 1850. We know of no authority for this date. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #282

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #282

The Silver Chime #d47

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The Silver Chime #86

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The Sunday School Hymnary #392

The Sunny Side #d85

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The Y. M. Christian Association Hymn-Book, with Tunes. #37b

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Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book #100

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