My Days Are Gliding Swiftly By
- Words:
- David Nelson
- Music:
- George F. Root
Sheet music
- 1My days are gliding swiftly by,And I, a pilgrim stranger,Would not detain them as they fly,Those hours of toil and danger.For O we stand on Jordan’s strand;Our friends are passing over;And, just before, the shining shoreWe may almost discover.
- 2We’ll gird our loins, my brethren dear,Our distant home discerning;Our absent Lord has left us word:Let ev’ry lamp be burning.For O we stand on Jordan’s strand;Our friends are passing over;And, just before, the shining shoreWe may almost discover.
- 3Should coming days be cold and darkWe need not cease our singing;That perfect rest naught can molest,Where golden harps are ringing.For O we stand on Jordan’s strand;Our friends are passing over;And, just before, the shining shoreWe may almost discover.
- 4Let sorrow’s rudest tempest blow,Each cord on earth to sever;Our King says Come; and there’s our homeFor ever, O for ever!For O we stand on Jordan’s strand;Our friends are passing over;And, just before, the shining shoreWe may almost discover.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1835, the words are in 612 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.