The Evergreen ‎#78

78. Where Are My Friends?

1 Oh, where are the friends that were dear to my heart,
The friends from whom death tore me rudely apart?
Their bodies are sleeping within the cold tomb,
But tell me, Oh, where do their freed spirits bloom?

Chorus:
0ver in Heaven,
0ver in Heaven,
Your dear ones,
Your loved ones
Are over in Heaven.

2 They tell me the father I cherished with love
Is gone to the realms of the blessed above;
That there he is waiting and watching for me,
To welcome me over the jasper-lit sea. [Chorus]

3 They say of my mother, when dying she smiled,
Confiding to Jesus her now orphan child,
That then she passed calmly and sweetly away,
As softly as closes the light of the day. [Chorus]

4 Oh, where is the land where my loved ones are gone?
Oh, where is the shore of this distant unknown?
I long to cross over the jasper-lit sea,
My Jesus, my loved ones, forever to see. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, where are the friends that were dear to my heart
• Title: Where Are My Friends?
• Author: E. A. Hoffman
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1873
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, where are the friends that were dear to my heart]
• Composer (melody): W. W. Hoffman
• Incipit: 55451 76512 33234
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.