14241 | The Cyber Hymnal#14242 | 14243 |
Text: | Forth From Their Fatherland |
Author: | Margaret B. Morton, 1854-1933 |
Tune: | AMERICA |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Forth from their fatherland
They sailed—a Pilgrim band,
Freedom to save.
Storm-tossed and tried their bark,
On wintry waters dark;
Faith! Like a living spark
Lighted the wave.
2 Across the waters drear
We hear their word of cheer:
"God is our stay.
Hope on, whate’er betide,
Trusting the unseen Guide—
He with us will abide.
God leads the way."
3 God leads—we follow on—
Through paths our fathers won
By service high.
Honored the ground they trod,
Sacred the Mayflower sod,
Blessed be the Pilgrim’s God—
He still is nigh.
4 Let us who yet remain
Live as they—not in vain,
For Truth and Right.
Princes and peers are we,
Serving a conscience free;
Our birthright—Liberty!
God leads with might.
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First Line: | Forth from their fatherland |
Title: | Forth From Their Fatherland |
Author: | Margaret B. Morton, 1854-1933 |
Meter: | 664.666.4 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Sung in First Parish Church, December 22, 1893, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Name: | AMERICA |
Meter: | 664.666.4 |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Thesaurus Musicus, 1744 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |