I'll Live On
- Words:
- Thomas J. Laney
- Music:
- Thomas J. Laney
Sheet music
- 1'Tis a sweet and glor'ous tho't that comes to me,I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on;Jesus saved my soul from death and now I'm free,I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on.I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on, (and on,)I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on. (yes I'll live on.)
- 2When my body's lying in the cold, cold clay,I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on;I will meet my Jesus in the judgment day,I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on.I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on, (and on,)I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on. (yes I'll live on.)
- 3In the gloryland, with God upon the throne,I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on;Thru eternal ages singing, home, sweet, home.I'll live on, (I'll live on,) yes, I'll live on.I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on, (and on,)I'll live on, (and on,) yes, I'll live on, (and on,)Thru eternity I'll live on. (yes I'll live on.)
In the hymnals
- Written in 1914, the words are in 114 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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