(In the post just previous, I should have put the copyright line above the last verse, which is new.)

Iris Dement has recorded this item with her mother singing melody and Iris on harmony, as she learned it growing up. If you have ever heard that version, you'll know what I mean when I say that the tonal quality we we approximated last night was similar!

~S~

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HIGHER GROUND
Words: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1898.
Music: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1892.
"Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord."Micah 4:2
I'm pressing on the upward way,
New heights I'm gaining every day;
Still praying as I'm onward bound,
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."

Refrain:
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on heaven's table land,
A higher plane than I have found;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where those abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.

I want to live above the world,
Though Satan's darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.

I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I'll pray till heaven I've found,
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."

(D)I'm pressing on the upward (G)way,
New heights I'm (D)gaining every (A)day; (A7)
Still praying (D)as I'm onward (G)bound,
"Lord, plant my (D)feet on (A)high- (A7)er (D)ground." G,D)

Refrain:
(D)Lord, lift me up and let me (A)stand,
By faith, on (A7)heaven's table (D)land,
A higher plane than I have (G)found;
Lord, plant my (D)feet on (A)higher (D)ground. (D,G)

SH