Zac Sokolow - When Sorrows Encompass Me Round

"When Sorrows Encompass Me Round"

When sorrows encompass me round
And many distresses I see
Astonished I cry, can a mortal be found
Surrounded with troubles like me?

Few seasons of peace I enjoy,
And they are succeeded by pain
If e'er a few moments of peace I enjoy
I have hours and days to complain

My spirit to glory conveyed
My body laid low in the ground
I wish not a tear round my grave to be shed
But all join in praising around.

If souls disembodied can know
Or visit their brethren beneath
My spirit shall join you, while singing you go
And leave all my cares in the grave.

Our bodies, in dust shall obey
And swifter than thought shall arise
Then, changed in a moment, go shouting away
To mansions of love in the skies.

When sorrows encompass me round
And many distresses I see
Astonished I cry, can a mortal be found
Surrounded with troubles like me?

#oldtimemusic #banjo #hymn

This is a 19th century hymn, written by an English composer named John Dowling. I first heard it from a recording of Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham.

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