Won't We Have a Happy Time

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Parents [Father], won't you come along

Author: R. E. Hudson
Tune: [Children, won't you come along]
Published in 11 hymnals

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1 Father, won’t you come along?
Father, won’t you come along?
Father, won’t you come along?
To the new Jerusalem.

Chorus:
Won’t we have a happy time,
Won’t we have a happy time,
Won’t we have a happy time,
In the new Jerusalem.

2 Mother, won’t you come along? [Chorus]

3 Children, won’t you come along? [Chorus]

4 We shall meet the Saviour there. [Chorus]

5 We shall meet our loved ones there. [Chorus]

Source: Gold Tried in the Fire: suitable for church, Sunday school, revival meetings, missionary and rescue work #203

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Author: R. E. Hudson

Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Parents [Father], won't you come along
Title:	Won't We Have a Happy Time
Author:	R. E. Hudson
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	There we'll have a happy time
Copyright:	Public Domain