Some Have Fathers Gone to Glory (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Some have fathers gone to glory, Won't you tell me if you know, Will our fathers know their children When to heaven they will go? They'll be watching from some window... And will meet us at the door." Repeat with mothers, brothers, etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Roberts/Agey-InThePine)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad father mother death
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Roberts/Agey-InThePine #115, "Some Have Fathers Gone to Glory" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Other Bright Shore" (lyrics)
cf. "I Have a Father Gone to Glory (I Am Alone in this World)" (lyrics)
NOTES [69 words]: The first line of this is shared, in approximate form, with both "The Other Bright Shore" and "I Have a Father Gone to Glory" -- but since the rest is different, I split them.
Hymnary.org does not seem to have any versions of this hymn. I wonder, given the number of unique hymns in Roberts/Agey-InThePine, if there wasn't someone in that part of Kentucky churning out hymns that never spread outside the area. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.7
File: RAInP115

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