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| Text: | I'm but a stranger here |
| Author: | Thomas R. Taylor |
| Tune: | OAK |
| Composer: | Lowell Mason |
1 I'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is my home;
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand,
Heaven is my Fatherland,
Heaven is my home.
2 What though the tempest rage,
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home.
Time's cold and wintry blast
Soon will be overpast;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.
3 There at my Saviour's side,
Heaven is my home;
I shall be glorified,
Heaven is my home.
There'll be the good and blest,
Those I love most and best,
There, too, I soon shall rest;
Heaven is my home.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I'm but a stranger here |
| Author: | Thomas R. Taylor |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Hymns for Social Worship |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | OAK |
| Composer: | Lowell Mason |
| Meter: | 6s & 4s |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #655 or 766. |
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