Old Melodies

Say, brothers, will you meet us?

No. 1180
Tune WILL YOU MEET US?
Words Anon.
Music Slave Melody.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

Say, brothers, will you meet us?Say, brothers, will you meet us?Say, brothers, will you meet usOn Canaan's happy shore?

Say, sisters, will you meet us?Say, sisters, will you meet us?Say, sisters, will you meet usOn Canaan's happy shore?

By the grace of God we'll meet you,By the grace of God we'll meet you,By the grace of God we'll meet you,On Canaan's happy shore.

That will be a happy meeting,That will be a happy meeting,That will be a happy meetingOn Canaan's happy shore.

Jesus lives and reigns forever,Jesus lives and reigns forever,Jesus lives and reigns foreverOn Canaan's happy shore.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1180» (large), tune name «WILL YOU MEET US?» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «SLAVE MELODY,» at the right (the final mark has a short tail; see uncertainties.md); no meter and no reference line. Stanza 1 is interlinear on the one system, in two lines in braces with «1.» before them: «Say, broth-ers, will you meet us? Say, broth-ers, will you meet us?» (first time through, with the first ending «1st.») and «Say, broth-ers, will you meet us (omit.) . . . . .» (second time: «(omit.)» in italics = leave out the first ending), with «On Canaan's hap - py shore?» right of the closing brace, under the second ending «2d.». Stanza 1 is written below in the order sung; «broth-ers», «hap - py» as whole words. Stanzas 2–5 follow as text in two columns, numbered «2»–«5» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«5.» here like stanza 1); line 4 of each stanza is indented in the print. «Anon.» in bold italics at the foot of the right column. The print sets a thin space before «?» («us ?», «shore ?») and before the apostrophe of «we 'll» (stanza 3, line 1); they are closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.