We Shall All Be Reunited
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L033
Credit: N. S. Sitzlar · 1920
Origin: Gospel song published in Evangel Light (1920); first recorded by Alfred G. Karnes, 1927. Hymnary lists it as public domain.
Source: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=103940
Original scan on X: https://x.com/IMMHACAL/status/1940962437874044987
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as printed over the tab (Doc Watson version, typed tab pages); in the original each chord sits over the syllable column shared by all four verses.
D G D 1. Where is now my father's family D G D They were here so long ago D G D Seated 'round the old home fireside G D A7 D Brightened by the ruddy glow [Chorus] D G D G D We shall all be reunited D G D In that land beyond the sky D G D Where ther'll be no separations G D A7 D No more parting, no more sighs D G D 2. Some have gone to lands far distant D G D And with others made their home D G D Some upon the earth have wandered G D A7 D All their lives have chose to roam (chorus) D G D 3. Some have gone from us forever D G D For with us they could not stay D G D They have all dispersed and wandered G D A7 D Gone away, so far away (Doc skips the chorus after the 3rd verse) D G D 4. We shall meet beyond the river D G D In that land of pure delite D G D Without sickness, thought of sorrows G D A7 D We'll have joys ever bright (chorus)