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Christ in Song 742

Meet Again

Words: J. S. HealMusic: J. S. Heal

Studio

1Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;
Meet a-gain where part-ing nev-er comes;
Meet a-gain where sin-ners joy We shall meet with-out de-lay;

RefrainMeet a-gain, meet a-gain,
We are go-ing to meet a-gain;
Meet a-gain, meet a-gain,
We are go-ing to meet a-gain.

2Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;
Meet a-gain where part-ing nev-er comes;
Meet a-gain where sin-ners joy We shall meet with-out de-lay;

3Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;
Then our friend-ship will be pure and sweet;
Then our love will glow with heav-en-ly light,
And we nev-er more shall part.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
11.9.14
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 46% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/11A
Meet a-gain where part-ing nev-er comes;/˘///˘/˘/9B
Meet a-gain where sin-ners joy We shall meet with-out de-lay;/˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14C

Verse 2

Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/11A
Meet a-gain where part-ing nev-er comes;/˘///˘/˘/9B
Meet a-gain where sin-ners joy We shall meet with-out de-lay;/˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14C

Verse 3

Meet a-gain, we are go-ing to meet a-gain;/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/11A
Then our friend-ship will be pure and sweet;//˘/˘˘˘/˘/10B
Then our love will glow with heav-en-ly light,//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/11C
And we nev-er more shall part.˘˘/˘/˘/7D

Refrain

Meet a-gain, meet a-gain,/˘//˘/6A
We are go-ing to meet a-gain;˘˘/˘˘/˘/8A
Meet a-gain, meet a-gain,/˘//˘/6A
We are go-ing to meet a-gain.˘˘/˘˘/˘/8A

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.