Hark, I hear the harps eternal

Ringing on the farther shore,

As I near those swollen waters

With their deep and solemn roar.

Refrain:

Hallelujah, hallelujah,

Hallelujah, praise the Lamb!

Hallelujah, hallelujah,

Glory to the great I AM!

And my soul, tho’ stain’d with sorrow,

Fading as the light of day,

Passes swiftly o’er those waters,

To the city far away. Refrain

Souls have crossed before me, saintly,

To that land of perfect rest;

And I hear them singing faintly

In the mansions of the blest. Refrain