They Have Gone

DESCRIPTION: "They have gone to join the number On the other shore, Gone to live in the bright city, There to die no more." Those on earth miss them, but they are in a wonderful place where there is no sorrow. "We shall meet them there in that lovely land of glory."
AUTHOR: Words: Jesse Cook / Music: Jeffie Cook (source: Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (source: Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley)
KEYWORDS: death separation reunion religious nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brumley-LamplitinTimeInTheValley 54, "They Have Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V36756
File: ABLT054

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