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LONG SOUGHT HOME

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Bobo Incipit: 56135 53321 32116 Used With Text: Jerusalem! my happy home!

Jerusalem! my happy home!

Author: Francis Baker Priest Appears in 622 hymnals Used With Tune: LONG SOUGHT HOME

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Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #302 (1854) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Refrain First Line: Home, sweet home, my long sought home Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home, Oh how I long for thee! When will my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? Chorus: Home, sweet home, my long sought home, My home in heaven above. 2 Thy walls are all of precious stone, Most glorious to behold! Thy gates are richly set with pearl, Thy streets are paved with gold. [Chorus] 3 Thy gardens and thy pleasant greens, My study long have been; Such sparkling light, by human sight, Has never yet been seen. [Chorus] 4 If heaven be thus glorious, Lord, Why should I stay from thence: What folly 'tis that I should dread To die and go from hence! [Chorus] 5 Reach down, reach down, thine arm of grace, And cause me to ascend Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths never end. [Chorus] 6 Jesus, my Lord, to glory's gone; Him will I go and see; And all my brethren, here below, Will soon come after me. [Chorus] 7 My friends, I bid you all adieu! I leave you in God's care; And if I never more see you, Go on,—I'll meet you there. [Chorus] 8 There we shall meet and no more part, And heaven shall ring with praise; While Jesus' love, in every heart, Shall tune the song free grace. [Chorus] 9 And if our fellowship below In Jesus be so sweet, What heights of rapture shall we know When round the throne we meet! [Chorus] 10 Millions of years around may run— Our songs shall still go on, To praise the Father and the Son, And Spirit, Three in One.[Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: LONG SOUGHT HOME

Jerusalem! my happy home!

Author: Francis Baker Priest Hymnal: Sacred Tunes and Hymns #43 (1913) Languages: English Tune Title: LONG SOUGHT HOME

Jerusalem! my happy home!

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #235 (1991) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Languages: English Tune Title: LONG SOUGHT HOME

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Anonymous

Author of "Jerusalem! my happy home!" in The Sacred Harp In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

William Bobo

1814 - 1887 Composer of "LONG SOUGHT HOME" in The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) William Bobo was born in New Prospect, Union County, South Carolina and lived in Cross Keys. He was the nephew of B. F. White. He served as deacon, chorister and Sunday school superintendent at Padgett's Creek Baptist Church. He was buried at Padgett's Creek. His tune, LONG SOUGHT HOME, appeared in the 1847 edition of Walker's Southern Harmony Dianne Shapiro, from The Makers of the Sacred Harp by David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010)