What a happy meet­ing there will be,
When the loved ones gone be­fore,
Shall the por­tals crowd their friend to see,
Upon the gold­en shore.

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What a meet­ing and a greet­ing,
What a meet­ing and a greet­ing,
Upon the gold­en shore!
What a meet­ing and a greet­ing,
What a meet­ing and a greet­ing,
When we meet to part no more!

Soon our feet will press the heav’n­ly strand,
When this earth­ly life is o’er,
Very soon will greet the heav’n­ly band,
Upon the gold­en shore.

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Hark! the voice of greet­ing in that clime,
Hark! they sing in heav’n­ly lore,
The an­gel­ic hosts their prais­es chime,
Upon the gold­en shore.

Refrain

With the shin­ing hosts the loved ones stand,
Where sad part­ing comes no more,
Waiting there to clasp their loved one’s hand,
Upon the gold­en shore.

Refrain