You shall be gathered one by one.
Isaiah 27:12
Words: Frank W. Godfrey, in Songs of Gratitude, by James H. Fillmore, Sr. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Brothers, 1877), page 34.
Music: Sarawak James H. Rosecrans, 1877 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Godfrey’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Somewhere there’s a world of beauty,
Fairer than this world of ours;
Where the pathways sparkle brightly,
Strewn with fair, unearthly flowers.
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Somewhere, somewhere,
Fairer than this world of ours;
Somewhere, somewhere,
Strewn with fair, unearthly flowers.
There are dear ones over yonder,
In that world of beauty fair;
We are going now to meet them,
In that haven over there.
Refrain
Now the beacon lights are beaming,
As we journey on the way,
And we see the city yonder—
Sparkling in the golden ray.
Refrain