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Thread #56627   Message #886457
Posted By: GUEST, Dale
09-Feb-03 - 09:12 PM
Thread Name: ADD: The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming
Subject: Lyr Add: THE PRETTIEST FLOWERS WILL BE BLOOMING
I lucked out, found it in The Best Of Albert E. Brumley, published by Albert E. Brumley and Sons, 1966.   That eliminates having to transcribe from the Forbes Family recording from I'll Look to Him, Rebel 1717, 1995. (That would have taken me a while) Don't think they sang it quite this way, but this is the version as written in the songbook.

THE PRETTIEST FLOWERS WILL BE BLOOMING
(Albert E. Brumley)
First published in Pilgrim's Guide, Stamps Quartet Music, Inc. 1946

I know there is a land of beautiful flowers,
Where we will meet again when life is o'er;
Where we will while away the endless hours
On heaven's bright eternal shore.

Chorus
The prettiest beds of flowers will be blooming,
By the prettiest streets our eyes shall e'er behold,
Where the beautiful tree of life for us is waiting
By the prettiest mansions made of purest gold;
The prettiest robes and crowns we'll all be wearing
In that city four-square, beyond this world of strife,
And the prettiest songs with the angels we'll be singing
On that beautiful morning by the river of life.

On heaven's golden strand there'll be no more dying,
No chilling winds or tempest e'er will blow;
It is a land of love and wondrous beauty
Where fragrant flowers ever grow.

I want to meet you by that beautiful river
On that eternal morning in the sky;
Where we will live in peace thru endless ages,
Where we will never say goodbye.


Could you tell me the info on the recording you have? Thanks.