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Christ in Song 741

No Sorrow There

Words: J. A. DuchanMusic: J. A. Duchan

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1There'll be no grief in heav-en's fair cit-y, no part-ing day;
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there.
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.

RefrainNo sor-row there, no sor-row there,
In heav-en a-bove, no sor-row there;
No sor-row there, no sor-row there,
In heav-en a-bove, no sor-row there.

2There'll be no part-ing there in the glo-ry, no part-ing there;
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there.
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.

3And when our earth-ly pil-grim-age is o-ver, we'll meet them there;
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there.
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
15.14.12.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

There'll be no grief in heav-en's fair cit-y, no part-ing day;/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/15A
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there./˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/14B
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12C
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

Verse 2

There'll be no part-ing there in the glo-ry, no part-ing there;/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/15A
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there./˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/14A
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Verse 3

And when our earth-ly pil-grim-age is o-ver, we'll meet them there;˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/16A
There'll be no sor-row there, no weep-ing, no sor-row there./˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/14A
Safe in the arms of Je-sus, safe from care and pain,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
No sor-row there, no sor-row there.˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Refrain

No sor-row there, no sor-row there,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
In heav-en a-bove, no sor-row there;˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A
No sor-row there, no sor-row there,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
In heav-en a-bove, no sor-row there.˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A

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.