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SDA Hymnal 428

Sweet By and By

1There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar;
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there.

RefrainIn the sweet in the sweet
By and by by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet in the sweet
By and by by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

2We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blest,
And our spirits shall sorrow no more
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.

3To our bountiful father above
We will offer our tribute of praise;
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that hallow our days.

The verse

Meter: 9.9.9.9
Foot: anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABAB

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Verse 1

There's a land that is fairer than day,/˘/˘˘/˘˘/9A

And by faith we can see it afar;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B

For the Father waits over the way˘˘/˘//˘˘/9A

To prepare us a dwelling place there.˘˘/˘˘/˘//9C

Verse 2

We shall sing on that beautiful shore˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9A

The melodious songs of the blest,˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B

And our spirits shall sorrow no more˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A

Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B

Verse 3

To our bountiful father above˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A

We will offer our tribute of praise;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/10B

For the glorious gift of His love˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9A

And the blessings that hallow our days.˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/10B

Refrain

In the sweet in the sweet˘˘/˘˘/6A

By and by by and by,˘˘˘˘˘˘6B

We shall meet on that beautiful shore;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9C

In the sweet in the sweet˘˘/˘˘/6A

By and by by and by˘˘˘˘˘˘6B

We shall meet on that beautiful shore.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.