The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12635

12635. We Are Almost Home

1 Just over the ocean is our home on high,
Where we all will gather and rest by and by;
We’ve a mansion far above the vaulted dome,
We shall soon be over, we are almost home.

Refrain:
We are almost home, we are almost home;
Just a few more trials, just a few more tears;
Just a few more troubles, just a few more fears;
Then we’ll cast the anchor, never more to roam;
We will soon be over, we are almost home,
We are almost home.

2 Our house is all ready in the promised land;
It was built and modeled by the Lord’s own hand;
He will lead us over when this life is o’er,
Where beneath its portals we will rest evermore. [Refrain]

3 The road has been weary, and the way been long,
But our hearts are cheery with the Lord’s own song;
See, the lights are gleaming o’er the ocean foam,
And our joy is beaming, we are almost home. [Refrain]

4 Our dear ones are watching as we near the shore,
How we long to join them, to part never more;
Thro’ the golden city with them we will roam;
Don’t you hear the singing? We are almost home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Just over the ocean is our home on high
• Title: We Are Almost Home
• Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1895)
• Refrain First Line: We are almost home, we are almost home
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 2, by Henry Gilmour et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1895), number 122
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Just over the ocean is our home on high]
• Composer: John Robson Sweney
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain