Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One ‎#29

29. We Shall Know It All, Some Day

Oh! this world is full of grief,
Full of sorrow, pain and woe,
Full of heartaches and of tears,
Why, oh, why, should this be so?

Chorus:
We shall know it all some day
When the pearly gates unfold,
And we walk the streets of gold,
We shall know it all, some day.

There’s a husband’s lonely home;
There’s an orphan’s wailing cry;
There’s a wife left all alone;
Why this grief? oh, tell my why?

In a room with curtains drawn
Lies a baby still in death;
Hear the mother’s anguished cry:
“Why should I be thus bereft?”

Shall I see the shadows rise?
Shall I know the reason why
All these sufferings were sent
In the golden bye and bye?

And the loved ones gone before,
Father, mother, baby, dear,—
Shall I know them all in heav’n,—
Know and love them there as here?

Text Information

• First Line: Oh! this world is full of grief
• Title: We Shall Know It All, Some Day
• Author: Allen Wilson
• Refrain First Line: We shall know it all some day
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1900

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh! this world is full of grief]
• Composer: Frank C. Huston