When We Walk the Streets of Gold

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All our labor will be done, And the crown of victory won

Author: Chesley Bray (1934)
Tune: [All our labor will be done]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 All our labor will be done,
And the crown of vict'ry won,
When we walk (when we walk) the streets of gold;
Ev'ry sorrow will be o'er,
We shall say goodbye no more.
When we walk (when we walk)
the streets of gold (streets of gold).

Refrain:
When we walk (when we walk) the streets of gold (streets of gold),
In that homeland (in that homeland) of the soul (the trusting soul);
Oh, what glory there will be,
In that home beyond the sea
When we walk the streets of gold.

2 Not a pain will touch us then,
Sorrow will not come again,
When we walk (when we walk) the streets of gold;
All our loved ones will be near,
And our souls will have no fear,
When we walk (when we walk)
the streets of gold (streets of gold). [Refrain]

3 We shall see our mansion shine,
In that city so divine
When we walk (when we walk) the streets of gold;
With our loved ones saved by grace,
We shall see our Savior's face,
When we walk (when we walk)
the streets of gold (streets of gold). [Refrain]

Source: Revival Message #11

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Author: Chesley Bray

Aaron Chesley Bray, Sr. was born in Houlka Mississippi in 1905. He died in 1968 and is buried in Pinecrest Cemetery in Calhoun County, Mississippi. His musical education came from the Hartford Music Normal, the Vaughn Music Normal and instruction received from J.A. Roane, W.B. Walbert, Prof. Huddleston and Prof. Lancaster. He was principle of Southern Gospel School of Music for eight years and a harmony instructor at the Denson School of Music in Haleyville, Alabama. In a 1937 publication of the Who’s Who of Southern Singers and Composers, Bray was reported to have written 100 songs. It stated that Bray and his wife, Mattie, traveled the area performing as the Bray duet. He was engaged in the grocery business in Houlka. I… Go to person page >

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First Line:	All our labor will be done, And the crown of victory won
Title:	When We Walk the Streets of Gold
Author:	Chesley Bray (1934)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When we walk the streets of gold
Publication Date:	1934
Copyright:	1934 in "Exalt Our King" by R. E. Winsett, Dayton, Tenn.