In a Little While We’re Going Home

Eliza Edmunds Hewitt, 1899

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1. Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way, In a
2. We will do the work that our hands may find to do, In a
3. We will smooth the path for some wea - ry, way - worn feet, In a
4. There’s a rest be - yond, there’s re - lief from ev - ery care, In a

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lit - tle while we’re go - ing home; For the night will end in the
lit - tle while we’re go - ing home; And the grace of God will our
lit - tle while we’re go - ing home; And may lov - ing hearts spread a-
lit - tle while we’re go - ing home; And no tears shall fall in that

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ev - er - last - ing day, In a lit - tle while we’re go - ing home.
dai - ly strength re - new, In a lit - tle while we’re go - ing home. In a
- round an in - fluence sweet! In a lit - tle while we’re go - ing home.
ci - ty bright and fair, In a lit - tle while we’re go - ing home.

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lit - tle while, In a lit - tle while, We shall cross the bil - low’s
In a lit - tle while, In a lit - tle while,

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foam; We shall meet at last, When the storm - y winds are past, In a

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lit - tle while we’re go-ing home.

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