Scripture Verse

I go to prepare a place for you…that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2–3

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Le­roy Run­yan, in New Ho­san­nas, by John E. Tho­mas et al. (Fort Worth, Tex­as: Quar­tet Mu­sic, 1906), num­ber 12 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Run­yan (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

When this life of ours is o’er,
And its cares op­press no more,
When no more to us its sor­rows it can bring,
We each oth­er’s joys may share,
In a hap­py meet­ing there,
Over yon­der in the pal­ace of the King.

Refrain

I will meet you, I will greet you,
And for­ev­er with the ran­somed we shall sing;
Yes I’ll meet you, and I’ll greet you,
Over yon­der in the pal­ace of the King.

Many friends who’ve gone before,
Over on the oth­er shore,
Lift their hap­py voices there His praise to sing;
And they beck­on us to come—
Join them in their hap­py home—
Over yon­der in the pal­ace of the King.

Refrain

O, what hap­pi­ness ’twill be,
When we cross the crys­tal sea,
And the world and all its cares be­hind us fling;
When we meet our Sav­ior there,
And a crown of glo­ry wear,
Over yon­der in the pal­ace of the King.

Refrain