We Shall Know Each Other Better Over Yonder

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We have known each other here

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [We have known each other here]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 We have known each other here,
‘Mid our smiles or falling tear,
We have walked together o’er life’s weary mile;
But when misty days are gone,
In that sunlit, rosy dawn
We shall know each other better over yonder.

Refrain:
We shall know each other better over yonder,
We shall know each other better over yonder;
Where our hopes shall be fullfilled
And the voice of sorrow stilled,
We shall know each other better over yonder.

2 We have been misunderstood
When we’ve done the best we could,
Others could not see the motives of our hearts;
And the smiles we often see
Hide the tears that would be free,—
We shall know each other better over yonder. [Refrain]

3 Here the clouds are often seen,
Here the shadows intervene,
But the skies are always sunny over there;
All that mystified us here
In the morning shall be clear,
We shall know each other better over yonder. [Refrain]

4 I have known a friend so dear
Who has walked beside me here,
And our fellowship has been divinely sweet;
But thro’ all the passing days
I have longed to see His face,
We shall know each other better over yonder. [Refrain]

Source: Great Gospel Songs #57

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We have known each other here
Title:	We Shall Know Each Other Better Over Yonder
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We shall know each other better over yonder
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	Public Domain