Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 69

Standing By The River Written by Albert E. Brumley, sung by Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys 


Standing By The River
Here I stand by this chilly water waitin' for my final call
Standing by the river looking beyond
Gazin' toward the land of fade-less beauty where no surges rise and fall
Standing by the river looking beyond

    Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
    Listen to the music on the other shore
    I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
    With my friends and loved ones have gone before

Music from the land of endless glory falling upon my listening ear
Standing by the river looking beyond
Faces of friends I often vision forms of loved ones oft appear
Standing by the river looking beyond       Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
    Listen to the music on the other shore
    I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
    With my friends and loved ones have gone before

Shadows of night are swiftly falling lo I hear the boatman's oar
Standing by the river looking beyond
Many are the voices sweetly calling I must tarry hear no more
Standing by the river looking beyond
    Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
    Listen to the music on the other shore
    I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
    With my friends and loved ones have gone before