COME, COME AWAY Sunday School version Words in William Hauser, The Hesperian Harp, 1848 Tune: see KRAMBAMBULI O come, come away! The Sabbath morn is passing; Let's hasten to the Sabbath school; O come, come away! The Sabbath bells are ringing clear, Their joyous peals salute my ear, I love their voice to hear; O come, come away! My comrades invite To join their happy number, And gladly will I meet them there; O come, come away! How there we meet to sing and pray, To read God's word on his glad day, With joy let's haste away, O come, come away! While others may seek For vain and foolish pleasures, The Sabbath school shall be my choice; O come, come away! How dear the plaintive strain, From youthful voices rise amain, With sweetest tones again! O come, come away! 'Tis there I may learn The ways of heavenly wisdom, To guide my feeble steps on high; O come, come away! The flowery paths of peace to tread, Where rays of heavenly bliss are shed, My wandering steps to lead: O come, come away! I there hear the voice In heavenly accents speaking, "Let little children come to me; O come, come away! Forbid them not their hearts to give, Let them on me in youth believe, And I will them receive:" O come, come away! With joy I accept the gracious invitation; My heart exults with rapturous hope, O come, come away! My deathless spirit, when I die, Shall, on the wings of angels, fly To mansions in the sky: O come, come away! Temperance version Words in The Sacred Harp, 1850, p. 334 Oh come, come away, From labour now reposing, Our jubilee has set us free -- Oh come, come away! Come, hail the day that celebrates The ransom of th'inebriates From all that intoxicates, Oh come, come away! We welcome you here! With heart and hand wide open, Ye gallant sons of temperance -- We welcome you here! Heaven's blessings on your plans, we pray! Ye come our sinking friends to save, And rescue from a drunkard's grave; We welcome you here! We welcome you here! Ye who with taste perverted Have seized the cup, and drank it up -- We welcome you here! Come, join us in our holy aim, The poor besotted to reclaim, The broken heart to cheer again, Oh come, sign the pledge! We welcome you here! Ye who your vows have broken, Falling before the tempter's power, -- We welcome you here! Ye who have sold yourselves for naught, Take back the priceless boon you bought, O take a sober, second thought, And try, try again! We welcome you here! Ye maids and matrons lovely, Whose charms, we yield, must win the field, -- We welcome you here! Ye who have hearts to feel for wo, Wide as the streams of sorrow flow, O frown on the deadly foe, But smile on the sons! Moralistic version Words: in Edward W. Billups, The Sweet Songster, 1854 O come, come away, From sin that dreadful monster Let Christ awhile upon you smile-- O! come, come away: O! come and taste redeeming love, And then his truth and friendship prove, And onward sweetly move-- O! come, come away. From death and the curse, In which you now are sinking Redeeming love, you will remove-- O! come, come away: O! come along, and join our throng, And with us sing the charming song, And heaven shall be your home-- O! come, come away. While watchmen or standing, On the walls of Zion, Inviting you, to join in too-- O! come, come away: O! will you still refuse the call And into misery blindly fall, And drink that burning gall-- O! come, come away. The bright morn of youth, Will soon be gone forever, Its morning light may set in night-- O! come, come away: O! come while youth is in its prime, And seek redeeming love divine, And in Christ's army shine-- O! come, come away. When free from this world, Of sorrow and temptation, We'll sail above, on wings of love, O! come, come away: And while angelic armies sing, And make the heavenly arches ring, We'll praise our eternal King-- O! come, come away.