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Beautiful Home Somewhere

Often I've heard of heaven, wonderful country somewhere

Author: J. B. Vaughan
Tune: [Often I've heard of heaven, wonderful country somewhere]
Published in 21 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Often I've heard of heaven, wonderful country somewhere,
Beautiful story of glory, land of delight so fair;
Eden, sweet home up yonder, Jesus has gone to prepare us a home,
Sweet home I shall soon be there.

Refrain:
Home over yonder
Beautiful home somewhere,
Home beautiful, beautiful home,
Some day I shall reach my sweet home.

2 Often we sing the story, beautiful story so sweet,
often we hear of its glory where the redeemed ones meet;
Waiting till Jesus calls me, then I shall rest with the good and the blest,
My glory will be complete.[Refrain]

3 Often I dream of glory, visions so lovely and fair,
I am so happy in Jesus, longing to be up there;
Blessed Redeemer's coming, then I shall go to that beautiful shore,
Forever at home somewhere. [Refrain]

Source: Melodies of Love #100

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Author: J. B. Vaughan

John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, El­bert Coun­ty, Georg­ia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georg­ia. Buried: Oco­nee Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gos­pel song writ­er and mu­sic pub­lish­er. At one time he taught at the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal mu­sic school in Wa­co, Tex­as. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Some­where There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glo­ry By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Often I've heard of heaven, wonderful country somewhere
Title: Beautiful Home Somewhere
Author: J. B. Vaughan
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Home over yonder
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #315

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #315

Sacred Selections for the Church #375

Sacred Selections for the Church #375
Include 19 pre-1979 instances
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