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Gone to Heaven 97

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Thomas Jefferson Allen, 1892
Poet: The Sacred Harp, Revised and Improved, 1902
Meter: Particular Meter: 6,6,9,8,7
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
Oh, where is my father?
He is gone to his home,
He's where we all may meet in heaven,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
Oh, where is my father?, Stanza 1
2
Oh, where is my mother?
She is gone to her home,
She's where all may meet in heaven,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
Oh, where is my father?, Stanza 2
3
Oh, where is my Saviour?
He is gone to his home,
He's where we all may meet in heaven,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
Oh, where is my father?, Stanza 3