Shake Hands With Mother Again

If I should be living when Jesus comes

Author: W. A. Berry
Tune: [If I should be living when Jesus comes]
Published in 38 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. If I should be living when Jesus comes,
And could know the day and the hour,
I’d like to be standing at mother’s tomb
When Jesus comes in His power.

Refrain
’Twill be a wonderful, happy day,
Up there on the golden strand,
When I can hear Jesus my Savior say,
Shake hands with mother again.

2. I’d like to say, Mother, this is your boy,
You left when you went away;
And now, my dear mother, it gives me great joy
To see you again today. [Refrain]

3. There’s coming a time when I can go home
To meet my loved ones up there;
There I can see Jesus upon His throne
In that bright city so fair. [Refrain]

4. There’ll be no more sorrow or pain to bear
In that home beyond the sky;
A glorious thought when we all get there,
We never will say, goodbye. [Refrain]]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6014

Author: W. A. Berry

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Text Information

First Line: If I should be living when Jesus comes
Title: Shake Hands With Mother Again
Author: W. A. Berry
Language: English
Refrain First Line: 'Twill be a wonderful happy day

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The Cyber Hymnal #6014
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Instances

Instances (1 - 38 of 38)

Bells of Heaven #d32

Best of All #d61

Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #77

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Calvary Songs #53

Camp Meeting Songs, a Collection of Gospel Songs ... #d58

Charming Melodies #d50

Chimes of Glory No. 3 #d37

Favorite Radio Songs #d70

Gems of Devotion #150

Gospel Hit Parade #d49

Gospel Quartets #d62

Greatest and Lasting Hymns #d132

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Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #34

Latter Rain Revival #d45

Let Everybody Sing #d105

Light Divine #d49

Lone Favorites #1

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #61

New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 #d91

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #d93

Quartet Song Book No. 4 #d44

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Radio Beams #173

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Radio Beams No. 2 #142

Radio Favorites #57

Redeeming Grace #111

Revival Message #43

Sacred Memories for Occasions of Reverence #d37

Sing Hosannas (a revised and enlarged ed. of Let Everybody Sing) #d115

Songs of Inspiration #61

Songs You Requested #d7

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Soul Inspiring Songs #97

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The Cyber Hymnal #6014

Three Hundred Country Chapel Songs and Hymns #d96

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Universal Songs and Hymns, a complete hymnal #132

Vocal Gems #d46

Waves of Joy #d56

Western Style Songs. Vol. 2 #d14

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