The Evergreen ‎#7

7. The Wonderful Land

1 Have you heard of the wonderful land?
Beyond the dark valley it lies;
There the snows of the winter ne'er fall,
No storms cloud the blue of its skies.
Its beauty no mortal can tell,
No eye hath its loveliness seen,
For none may return who have pass'd
The valley that lieth between.

Chorus:
Have you heard of the wonderful land?
Beyond the dark valley it lies;
There the snows of the winter ne'er fall,
No storms cloud the blue of its skies.

2 And they call it the land of the blest,
The world where the Saviour doth reign,
In the light of whose smile there is peace
That changeless doth ever remain.
And they who are blest by His love,
Are ransomed from earth and its wrong,
Have suffered, but now are at rest,
Have wept, but now join in glad song. [Chorus]

3 Oh! that heaven of joy and of peace,
Its music we sometimes may hear,
And the song of its angels will come
In melody sweet to the ear,
When caring and toiling are done,
When life hath no more to demand,
At reset with the loved I shall be,
At home in the "Beautiful Land." [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Have you heard of the wonderful land?
• Title: The Wonderful Land
• Author: Mrs. A. L. Davison
• Refrain First Line: Have you heard of the wonderful land
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1873
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Have you heard of the wonderful land?]
• Composer: J. H. Rosecrans
• Incipit: 12333 32345 56531
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Public Domain.