Victory Songs ‎#195

195. The Beautiful Land.

1 I have heard of a land
On a far away strand--
In the Bible the story is told--
Where no sorrow shall come,
Neither darkness nor gloom,
And nothing there ever grows old.

Chorus:
In that beautiful land
On a far away strand,
No storms with their blasts ever frown;
The streets, I am told,
Are paved with pure gold,
And the sun shall never go down.

2 There are evergreen trees
That bend low in the breeze,
And their fruitage is brighter than gold;
There are harps for our hands
In that fairest of lands,
And nothing there ever grows old. [Chorus]

3 There's a home in that land,
At the Father's right hand;
There are mansions whose joys are untold,
And perennial spring
Where the birds ever sing,
And nothing there ever grows old. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: I have heard of a land
• Title: The Beautiful Land.
• Author: F. A. F. White
• Refrain First Line: In that beautiful land
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: Male Voices; Future, The
• Copyright: Used by Permission of Harold F. Sayles.
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Arr.

Tune Information

• Name: [I have heard of a land]
• Composer: Mark M. Jones
• Incipit: 12333 13344 43112
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Used by Permission of Harold F. Sayles.
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Arr.