I
SOMEDAY OUR LAST GOOD-BYES ON EARTH WILL ALL BE SPOKEN
AND THE JOURNEY OF LIFE WILL BE THROUGH.
BUT BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE AND THE CHAINS OF LIFE ARE BROKEN
I WILL MAKE YOU THIS PROMISE TRUE.
II
ONE BY ONE WE SEE THEM ACROSS OR'ER THE DEEP AND SILENT RIVER
THEY ARE LEAVING EVERY MOMENT OR TWO SO I FIRMLY PROMISE YOU
THAT I'LL MEET YOU BY THE RIVER WON'T YOU PROMISE TO MEET ME
THERE TOO.
III
WE KNOW THAT DEATH IS SURE AND LIFE IS MOST UNCERTAIN
BUT WE KNOW NOT WHAT MOMENT WE'LL LEAVE.
E'ER THE SILENT REAPER COMES AND THEY DRAPE THE FINAL
CURTAIN.
LET US PROMISE TO MEET AGAIN.
IV
WE'LL LIVE WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM
BY THE BRIGHT AND SHINING RIVER
AND OUR SPIRIT WILL SORROW NO MORE.
MAY GOD'S PROTECTING GRACE AND LOVE BE GATHER ON HEAVEN'S
FAIR SHORE
WILL YOU MEET ME THERE TOO.
CHORUS
I FIRMLY PROMISE YOU THAT I'LL MEET YOU BY THE RIVER
ON THE BANKS OF THAT EVERGREEN SHORE.
WHERE OUR HEARTS WILL NEVER BREAK
AND OUR LIPS WILL NEVER QUIVER
FOR THE LOVED ONES WHO'VE GONE ON BEFORE.