ORDER OF CHRISTIAN FUNERALS

SONG OF FAREWELL 760

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1. Come to his/her aid, 0 saints of God; Come meet him/her,

2. May Christ, who called you, take you home, And an gels
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3. Give him/her e ter - - nal rest, 0 Lord. May light un -

4. I know that my Re - deem - er lives; The last day

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2. lead you to A - bra ham.
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3. end - ing shine on

4. I shall — rise a - gain.

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Note: When guitar and keyboard play together, keyboardists should improvise using the guitar chords above the melody.

Text: EM; Subvenite sancti Del; Requiem aeternam; Credo quod Redemptor; tr. by Dennis C. Smolarski, SJ, b. 1947, © 1981, Dennis C. Smolarski, SI.
All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music: OLD HUNDREDTH; Genevan Psalter, 1551; keyboard acc. attr. to Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510—1561, alt.