O Mother Dear, Jerusalem
- Words:
- “A Song Made by F.B.P.”
- Music:
- Samuel A. Ward
Sheet music
- 1O mother dear, Jerusalem,When shall I come to thee?When shall my sorrows have an end,Thy joys when shall I see?O happy harbor of the saints!O sweet and pleasant soil!In thee no sorrow may be found,No grief, no care, no toil.
- 2Thy gardens and thy goodly walksContinually are green,Where grow such sweet and pleasant flow’rsAs nowhere else are seen.Right thru the streets, with silver soundThe living waters flow;And on the banks, on either side,The trees of life do grow.
- 3There trees forevermore bear fruitAnd evermore do spring;There evermore the angels areAnd evermore dosing.Jerusalem, my happy home,Would God I were in thee!Would God my woes were at an end,Thy joys that I might see!Amen.
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.