La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
Fare thee well
My own true love
Farewell for a while
I'm going away
But I'll be back
Though I go 10,000 miles
10,000 miles
My own true love
10,000 miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return
Oh, don't you see
That lonesome dove?
Sitting on an ivy tree
She's weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
Oh, come ye back
My own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend
All on this Earth
You've been a friend to me
You've been a friend to me
You've been a friend to me
Fare thee well
My own true love
Farewell for a while
I'm going away