The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12779

12779. Angels, Get My Mansion Ready

1 Over yonder stands the mansion
Christ prepared for me;
God ordained that I should have it
From eternity;
And I’ll send a prayer before me,
Ere I cross the foam,
Angels, get my mansion ready,
I am coming home.

Refrain:
I am coming home to Heaven,
With the angels there to dwell;
I am coming home to glory,
Where I’ll never say farewell;
I am coming to that city,
Nevermore to roam;
Angels, get my mansion ready,
I am coming home.

2 Purer are the joys up yonder
Than the halls of mirth,
Grander are the songs eternal
Than the songs of earth;
Sweeter is the bread of heaven
Than the honeycomb;
Angels, get my mansion ready,
I am coming home. [Refrain]

3 Though a pilgrim I have wandered
In the valley here,
Now unto the blessèd homeland
I am drawing near;
Soon amid these scenes of sorrow
I will cease to roam,
Angels, get my mansion ready,
I am coming home. [Refrain]

4 When my work below is ended
And my race is run,
I will hear my Savior calling
At the set of sun;
Then I’ll send a message upward,
Past yon vaulted dome,
Angels, get my mansion ready,
I am coming home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Over yonder stands the mansion
• Title: Angels, Get My Mansion Ready
• Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.
• Refrain First Line: I am coming home to Heaven
• Meter: 85.85.85.85.87.87.85.85
• Language: English
• Source: New Songs of the Gospel No. 3 by J. Lincoln Hall, C. Austin Miles and C. Harold Lowden (Philadelphia: Hall-Mack, 1907)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ERDEMLI
• Composer: Charles Austin Miles (1907)
• Meter: 85.85.85.85.87.87.85.85
• Incipit: 34556 71311 16671
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain