The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3546

3546. Knocking, Knocking, Who Is There?

1. Knocking, knocking, who is there?
Waiting, waiting, oh, how fair!
’Tis a Pilgrim, strange and kingly,
Never such was seen before,
Ah, my soul, for such a wonder,
Wilt thou not undo the door?

2. Knocking, knocking! still He’s there:
Waiting, waiting, wondrous fair!
But the door is hard to open
For the weeds and ivy vine,
With their dark and clinging tendrils,
Ever round the hinges twine.

3. Knocking, knocking—what, still there?
Waiting, waiting, grand and fair!
Yes, the piercèd hand still knocketh,
And beneath the crownèd hair
Beam the patient eyes, so tender,
Of thy Savior waiting there.

Text Information

• First Line: Knocking, knocking, who is there?
• Title: Knocking, Knocking, Who Is There?
• Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1812-1896 (adapted)
• Language: English
• Source: Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, by Philip P. Bliss & Ira D. Sankey (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 17
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Knocking, knocking, who is there?]
• Composer: George Frederick Root, 1820-1895
• Incipit: 33335 43222 24321
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain