No. 185 We’ll All Praise God, Rev 381
Hexatonic, mode 3 b (I II III IV V VI —)
Come and taste along with me
Consolation running free
From my Father’s wealthy throne,
Sweeter than the honey comb.
I’ll praise God, and you’ll praise God,
We’ll all praise God together;
I’ll praise the Lord for the work that he has done,
And we’ll bless his name forever.
Why should Christians feast alone?
Two are better far than one;
The more that comes with free good will
Makes the banquet sweeter still.
Now I go to heaven’s door,
Asking for a little more;
Jesus gives a double share,
Calling me his chosen heir.
Goodness, running like a stream
Through the new Jerusalem;
By its constant breaking forth
Sweetens earth and heaven both.
Two more stanzas are in the Revivalist. The relationship between this tune and that of Stephen Foster’s ‘Long-Ago Day’ was noted by me in The Musical Quarterly, vol. xxii., No. 2.