This Old World

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This old world is full of sorrow

Tune: RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)
Published in 1 hymnal

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Representative Text

1 This old world is full of sorrow,
full of sickness, weak and sore;
if you love your neighbor truly,
love will come to you the more.

2 We’re all children of one family;
we’re all brothers, sisters, too;
if you cherish one another,
love and friendship come to you.

3 This old world can be a garden,
full of fragrance, full of grace;
if we love our neighbors truly,
we must meet them face to face.

4 It is said now, “Love thy neighbor,”
and we know well that is true;
this, the sum of human labor,
true for me as well as you.

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #315

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Text Information

First Line:	This old world is full of sorrow
Title:	This Old World
Meter:	8.7.8.7
Source:	American folk tune, adapt.
Language:	English

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Tune

RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)

ARISE is an anonymous American folk melody. Set to "Mercy, O Thou Son of David," the tune was published in William Walker's (PHH 44) Southern Harmony (1835) with the title RESTORATION. Its name was changed to ARISE (after the refrain in the ballad about the prodigal son) when it was set to Hart's te…

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