Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

Representative Text

1 Somewhere the sun is shining,
Somewhere the songbirds dwell;
Hush, then, thy sad repining,
God lives, and all is well.

Refrain:
Somewhere, somewhere,
Beautiful isle of somewhere;
Land of the true, where we live anew,
Beautiful isle of somewhere.

2 Somewhere the day is longer,
Somewhere the task is done;
Somewhere the heart is stronger,
Somewhere the guerdon won. [Refrain]

3 Somewhere the load is lifted,
Close by an open gate;
Somewhere the clouds are rifted,
Somewhere the angels wait. [Refrain]

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #494

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie Brown Pounds was born in Hiram, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on 31 August 1861. She was not in good health when she was a child so she was taught at home. She began to write verses for the Cleveland newspapers and religious weeklies when she was fifteen. After an editor of a collection of her verses noted that some of them would be well suited for church or Sunday School hymns, J. H. Fillmore wrote to her asking her to write some hymns for a book he was publishing. She then regularly wrote hymns for Fillmore Brothers. She worked as an editor with Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati from 1885 to 1896, when she married Rev. John E. Pounds, who at that time was a pastor of the Central Christian Church in Indianapolis. A memorab… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Somewhere the sun is shining
Title: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Somewhere beautiful, beautiful isle
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #397
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Timeless Truths #641
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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #494

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #30

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #69

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #772

Sacred Selections for the Church #376

Sacred Songs of the Church #925

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The Cyber Hymnal #397

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Timeless Truths #641

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