Gentle stranger, fare you well,
Heavenly blessings with you dwell!
Blessings such as you impart
To the Orphan's bleeding heart:
Gentle Stranger, fare you well,
Heavenly blessings with you dwell!
Ah! he leaves our pebbly shore,
We shall see his face no more!
Stranger, when you've passed the deep,
We shall think of you and weep!
Gentle Stranger, fare you well,
Heavenly blessings with you dwell!
Blow ye breezes, kindly blow!
Flow ye waters, softly flow!
God above! his way attend,
Bear him to his journey's end;
Gentle Stranger fare you well,
Heavenly blessings with you dwell!