Lyrics

Long Time Travelin'

(Trad., arr. & add'l lyrics Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)

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       I'm a long time travelin’ here below
       I'm a long time travelin’ away from my home
       I'm a long time travelin’ here below
       Gonna lay this body down
 
When I can read my title clear
To my mansions in the sky
I'll bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weepin' eye
 
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Oh fleeting charms of earth farewell
Your springs of joy are dry
My soul now seeks another home
A brighter world on high
 
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Let others seek a home below
Where stormy waves of trouble roll
Give me a home above the sky
Where I'll always live, I'll never die
 
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I will live in love 'neath Heaven's bright bower
Gently held in God's own hand
With my friends and family gone before
Waiting till I reach that golden strand
 
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