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Christ in Song 143

I Will Not Let Thee Go

Words: Mary A. KidderMusic: R. H. Prichard

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1I will not let thee go, I will not let thee go, Un - less thou bless me; Un - less thou bless me, I will not let thee go.

2I can - not live with - out thee; I can - not live with - out thee; O bless me ere I go, O bless me ere I go.

3In vain I have not wres - tled, In vain I have not wres - tled; I will not let thee go, I will not let thee go.

4My strength is well - nigh spen - ded, My strength is well - nigh spen - ded; But I will not let thee go, But I will not let thee go.

Scripture
Genesis 32:26

The verse

Meter
28
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I will not let thee go, I will not let thee go, Un - less thou bless me; Un - less thou bless me, I will not let thee go.˘˘˘///˘˘˘///˘///˘˘///˘˘˘˘///28A

Verse 2

I can - not live with - out thee; I can - not live with - out thee; O bless me ere I go, O bless me ere I go.˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/26A

Verse 3

In vain I have not wres - tled, In vain I have not wres - tled; I will not let thee go, I will not let thee go.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘///˘˘˘///26A

Verse 4

My strength is well - nigh spen - ded, My strength is well - nigh spen - ded; But I will not let thee go, But I will not let thee go.˘/˘??/˘˘/˘??/˘˘˘˘˘///˘˘˘˘///28A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.