The Little Minstrel ‎#64

64. Going home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
O how I long for thee!
When will my sorrows have an end,
The joys when shall I see?

Chorus:
We're going home, we're going home,
We're going home to live forever.

2 Thy walls are all of precious stones,
Most glorious to behold;
Thy gates are richly set with pearl,
Thy streets are paved with gold. [Chorus]

3 Thy gardens and thy pleasant greens
My study long have been;
Such sparkling gems by human sight
Have never yet been seen. [Chorus]

4 If heaven be thus glorious, Lord,
Why should I stay from thence?
What folly 'tis that I should dread
To die and go from hence! [Chorus]

5 When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've not less days to sing God's praise,
Then when we first begun. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Title: Going home
• Refrain First Line: We're going home, we're going home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867

Tune Information

• Name: GOING HOME
• Composer: A. D. Fillmore
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major