We Are Going Down The Valley

Words:
Jessie Brown Pounds, 1861-1921
Music:
James H. Fillmore, 1849-1936

Sheet music

  1. 1We are going down the valley one by one,With our faces tow’rd the setting of the sun;Down the valley where the mournful cypress grows,Where the stream of death in silence onward flows.We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going tow’rd the setting of the sun;We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going down the valley one by one.
  2. 2We are going down the valley one by one,When the labors of the weary day are done;One by one, the cares of earth forever past,We shall stand upon the river brink at last.We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going tow’rd the setting of the sun;We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going down the valley one by one.
  3. 3We are going down the valley one by one:Human comrade you or I will there have none;But a tender hand will guide us lest we fall:Christ is going down the valley with us all.We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going tow’rd the setting of the sun;We are going down the valley,Going down the valley,Going down the valley one by one.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1890, the words are in 113 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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