| 3626 | The Cyber Hymnal#3627 | 3628 |
| Text: | Leave Me Not, O Gentle Savior |
| Author: | Lizzie Ashbaugh |
| Tune: | [Leave me not, for I am lonely] |
| Composer: | Harry J. Kurzenknabe |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1. Leave me not, for I am lonely,
And the way I cannot see;
Lest I wander into danger,
Keep me, Savior, close to Thee.
Refrain
Savior, Savior,
Keep me near to Thee;
Lest I wander into danger,
Keep me, Savior, near to Thee.
2. Leave me not, for darkness gathers
Round about the path I tread;
Leave me not, but let my footsteps
Ever by Thy hand be led. [Refrain]
3. Leave me not, for sin is near me;
With temptation life is fraught;
Then through all life’s toilsome journey,
O, my Savior, leave me not. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Leave me not, for I am lonely |
| Title: | Leave Me Not, O Gentle Savior |
| Author: | Lizzie Ashbaugh (1889) |
| Refrain First Line: | Savior, Savior |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Sowing and Reaping (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: J. H. Kurzenknabe & Sons, 1889), number 149 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | [Leave me not, for I am lonely] |
| Composer: | Harry J. Kurzenknabe |
| Incipit: | 33322 11766 51321 |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | |