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Christ in Song 410

We'll Live in Tents

Words: H. S. CaseMusic: H. S. Case

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1Let him his peo-ple on the earth, Be-fore he comes and calls them home To live un-salt in home and
In the wild wood as of tent-ing, In the land where stran-gers, say take and a home Far from the dust and smoke;;
He chose us year no state-ly tow-ers, Sink no foun-da-tion walls of stone, But crimp each night a few short
O broth-er, when on a day, then think on it, And our tent be gone, But yet and still to rove.

RefrainWe'll live in tents on our jour-ney, We'll live in tents, We'll live in tents on our jour-ney, We'll live in tents.
Brief-ly, Like for-bound trav-el-ers we jour-ney, We'll live in tents, un-til our rest. Shall reach the
man That earth-ly home re-quires. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents, shall
heav-en, And are the mor-row's dawn move on. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents,
some, And live, home-seek-ing, for the pil-grim life. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents.

2The world is not our hab-i-ta-tion, We are trav-el-ing to a bet-ter land;
A home in the skies is our des-ti-na-tion, We are march-ing to the prom-ised land;
We are march-ing to the prom-ised land, We are march-ing to the prom-ised land.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
23.25.24.23
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Let him his peo-ple on the earth, Be-fore he comes and calls them home To live un-salt in home and/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/??˘/˘23A
In the wild wood as of tent-ing, In the land where stran-gers, say take and a home Far from the dust and smoke;;˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘///˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘/25B
He chose us year no state-ly tow-ers, Sink no foun-da-tion walls of stone, But crimp each night a few short˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘//24C
O broth-er, when on a day, then think on it, And our tent be gone, But yet and still to rove.˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/23D

Verse 2

The world is not our hab-i-ta-tion, We are trav-el-ing to a bet-ter land;˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/20A
A home in the skies is our des-ti-na-tion, We are march-ing to the prom-ised land;˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/21A
We are march-ing to the prom-ised land, We are march-ing to the prom-ised land.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/18A

Refrain

We'll live in tents on our jour-ney, We'll live in tents, We'll live in tents on our jour-ney, We'll live in tents.//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘///˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/26A
Brief-ly, Like for-bound trav-el-ers we jour-ney, We'll live in tents, un-til our rest. Shall reach the/˘/??/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘/˘23B
man That earth-ly home re-quires. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents, shall/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘///˘/˘17C
heav-en, And are the mor-row's dawn move on. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents,/˘˘˘˘/˘//˘//˘///˘/18A
some, And live, home-seek-ing, for the pil-grim life. We'll live in tents, we'll live in tents./˘/????˘˘/˘///˘///˘/20A

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.