Old Melodies

We shall see a light appear

No. 1158
Tune WHEN HE COMES.
Words Anon.
Music Arranged.
Key D major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

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We shall see a light appear,By and by, when he comes;We shall see a light appearWhen he comes;

Chorus.

Ride on, Jesus, O ride on;We are on our journey home.

We shall see him as he is,By and by, when he comes;We shall see him as he isWhen he comes.

We shall have a mighty shout,By and by, when he comes:We shall have a mighty shoutWhen he comes.

We shall all with Christ appear,By and by, when he comes;We shall all with Christ appearWhen he comes.

Then the earth will all be cleansed,By and by, when he comes;Then the earth will all be cleansedWhen he comes.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «MISCELLANEOUS—OLD MELODIES.»; hymn number «1158» (large), tune name «WHEN HE COMES.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ARRANGED.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); no meter and no reference line are printed (the text is 7.6.7.3 with a two-line chorus). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, in a roman type with «1.» before it: «We shall see a light ap - pear, By and by, when he comes; We shall see a light appear» / «When he comes; Ride on, Je - sus, O ride on; We are on our jour - ney home.», with «Chorus.» printed over the music before «Ride»; the chorus is printed once and is sung after every stanza. Stanzas 2–5 follow as text in two columns, numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented, and stanza 1 is laid out the same way here. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («comes ;», «comes :»); it is closed up here. Stanza 1 ends its fourth line with «;» (under the music) where stanzas 2–5 have «.»; stanza 3 has «:» after its second line where the others have «;» — all as printed.