Just Over The Way Is Home
- Words:
- G. Q. Wigington
- Music:
- G. Q. Wigington
Sheet music
- 1There is a home prepared above,It is for you and for me, (for me,)Where all is joy and peace and love,Just over the way is home.My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)That home for you and for me, (for me,)My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)Just over the way is home.
- 2Let’s work and sing and watch and pray,For o’er the way is sweet home, (sweet home,)It’s only just a little way,Just over the way is home.My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)That home for you and for me, (for me,)My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)Just over the way is home.
- 3We’ll praise His name while here we stay,For o’er the way is sweet home, (sweet home,)The darkness will be turned today,Just over the way is home.My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)That home for you and for me, (for me,)My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)Just over the way is home.
- 4Our toils on earth will soon be done,For o’er the way is sweet home, (sweet home,)Our joys will then have just begun,Just over the way is home.My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)That home for you and for me, (for me,)My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)Just over the way is home.
- 5How sweet ‘twill be when we get there,Just o’er the way is sweet home, (sweet home,)What joys o’er there we soon shall share,Just over the way is home.My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)That home for you and for me, (for me,)My home, sweet home,(My home, sweet home, my home, sweet home,)Just over the way is home.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 5 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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