In That Beautiful World on High (I Hope My Mother Will Be There)

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Oh, I will be there, (x2) With palms of victory, crowns of glory you shall wear In that beautiful world on high." Verses: "I hope my mother (sister, brother) will be there That used to join with me in prayer"
AUTHOR: Dan McCarthy (source: ColemanAndMcCarthyChampionSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: Bible nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 130, "In That Beautiful World on High (I Hope My Mother Will Be There)" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 218 in the 1874 edition)
ColemanAndMcCarthyChampionSongBook, p. 25, "Beautiful World On High" (1 text)
Roud #15249
NOTES [50 words]: In Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute's verses, every alternate line is "In that beautiful world on high."
The "crown of glory" is from 1 Peter 5:5: "And when the Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away" (King James). - BS
Last updated in version 7.0
File: Dett130

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography