God Be With You

words by Jeremiah E. Rankin (1880), tune: Beach Spring (attr. to Benjamin F. White, 1844) • arranged for SATB by Doug Howell • © 2018 Creative Measures LLC

SATB and piano:

God be with you
till we meet again
God be in you
go in peace

God be with you
till we meet again
God be in you
go in peace

by his counsels
guide, uphold you
with his sheep
securely fold

God be with you
till we meet again
God be with you
go in peace

2021 Notes

My friend, Catherine, introduced me to this beautiful version of “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” familiar words, but set to the tune “Beach Spring,” a different tune than is normally sung. She had grown to love it at her previous Massachusetts congregation, where they used it as a common dismissal song-prayer. I was fond of it, too, and asked her to sing it to me a few times so I could set it down in notation. I created a simple four-part arrangement that we sang every so often at St. Barnabas. I was reminded of it as I prepared my most recent song, “There‘s More,” so I’ve made it available here, as well as on ArrangeMe.com (click on image below), in case any of you are interested in trying it out with your congregation, choir, or just for your own use.