parting song

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“The parting song and then we say good-night,” said Zan, and the Woodcrafters all stood to join in the Indian hymn.

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

When the meeting broke up, they all came round in procession, shaking hands with the superintendent and the strangers present, and singing a parting song, "There's a meeting here to-night!"

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

Arion chose the latter, and as a last favour begged permission to sing a parting song.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The light wind's voice Was muffled in requiem, mournful, low,— A parting song to Summer, sad, soft, And measured slow.

From Indian Legends of Minnesota by Severance, Cordenio A., Mrs.

The company is then regaled with cakes and ale, and the revellers depart, pausing outside the door to sing a parting song of thanks and good wishes to their entertainers.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt