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[High o'er the hills the mountains rise] |
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[High o'er the hills the mountains rise]
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This song was composed by the Author, in the fall of 1831, while travelling over the mountains, on French Broad River, in North Carolina and Tennessee.
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High o'er the hills the mountains rise,Their summits tower toward the skies;
But far above them I must dwell.
Or sink beneath the flames of hell.
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Oh, God! forbid that I should fallAnd lose my everlasting all;
But may I rise on wings of love,
And soar to the blest world above.
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Although I walk the mountains high,Ere long my body low must lie,
And in some lonesome place must rot,
And by the living be forgot.
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There it must lie till that great day,When Gabriel's awful trump shall say,
Arise, the judgment day is come,
When all must hear their final doom.
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If not prepared, then I must goDown to eternal pain and wo,
With devils there I must remain,
And never more return again.
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But if prepared, oh, blessed thought!I'll rise above the mountain's top,
And there remain for evermore
On Canaan's peaceful, happy shore.
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Oh! when I think of that blest world,Where all God's people dwell in love,
I oft-times long with them to be
And dwell in heaven eternally.
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Then will I sing God's praises there,Who brought me through my troubles here
I'll sing, and be forever blest,
Find sweet and everlasting rest.
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