Here We Suffer Grief and Pain

DESCRIPTION: "Here we suffer grief and pain, Here we meet to part again; In heaven we part no more." "O that will be joyful, Joyful, joyful, joyful! O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more." "Holy children will be there, Who have sought the Lord by prayer"
AUTHOR: Thomas Bilby (1794-1872) (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1832 (The Infant School Teacher's Assistant, according to hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad children
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 113, "Little children will be there" (1 fragment)
Roud #25524
NOTES [91 words]: Kane's version of this is interesting. There are a few verbal variants from the Bilby text, but most notably, there is another line! Which presumably implies a different melody. Bilby's version of the verse Kane quotes is
Holy children will be there,
Who have sought the Lord by prayer,
From every Sunday school
Whereas Kane gives the verse as
Little children will be there
What has long and curly hair,
What has sought the Lord by prayer
In every Sabbath school.
I must admit to finding that a fascinating addition. I wish we had Kane's tune! - RBW
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