When We Wend Homeward

Representative Text

1 When we wend homeward to our land,
like dreamers we shall be;
like leaping rivers in the spring
we’ll joyful be and free!

2 For though our sowing work is hard,
and tears do freely flow,
on harvest day we’ll shoulder sheaves,
our hearts will overflow!

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #277

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Text Information

First Line: When we wend homeward to our land
Title: When We Wend Homeward
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

LAND OF REST (American)

LAND OF REST is an American folk tune with roots in the ballads of northern England and Scotland. It was known throughout the Appalachians; a shape-note version of the tune was published in The Sacred Harp (1844) and titled NEW PROSPECT as the setting for "O land of rest! for thee I sigh." The tune…

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Singing the Living Tradition #277

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