Late 19th Century

Adams’ Soft­ly Sing Our Part­ing Lay ap­peared in the Af­ri­can Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Hymn and Tune Book (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Af­ri­can Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Book Con­cern, 1898).

Lyrics

1. Softly Sing Our Part­ing Lay

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