Thank you. I remember this tune from bluegrass festivals...The Osborne Bros. Found them tonight on you tube.
Lookin' fer TAB... for "A Light at the River"
Gordon Hardy
@gordon-hardy
3 years ago
29 posts
Hello Hugs, here's my tab for "A Light At The River" it is a hymn written around 1911, DAA noter and drone. Hope this helps.
There’s a light at the river
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There’s a deep, turbid river, Flowing on before, And its waters are deep and wide;
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But faith sees a light, yes, a beacon bright, Just down by the river side.
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There’s a light at the river, A light at the river; A light at the river I can see;
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My Lord will stand and hold in His hand, A light at the river for me.
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O’er the dark, foaming waters, From the unseen shore, Angel bands in their beauty
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glide, And will bear us away to the realms of day, Into light on the other side.   ch
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Many dear ones we’ve loved Are from their homes removed, Dipped their wings in
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the mystic tide; They have passed o’er the deep, Where they’ll ne’er more weep,
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In the light on the other side.    ch
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To this deep, endless river We must one day come, And we’ll cross o’er its waters
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wide; How happy we’ll be, if by faith we see The light on the other side.  Â
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There’s a light at the river, A light at the river; A light at the river I can see;
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My Lord will stand and hold in His hand, A light at the river for me.
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@hugssandi
3 years ago
244 posts
Thank you, Joseph! Great idea... Why didn't I think of that? LOL
Joseph Besse
@joseph-besse
3 years ago
51 posts
Check out YouTube.
@hugssandi
3 years ago
244 posts
I used to have a CD with Margaret Wright singing "A Light at the River" and cannot get her lovely voice out of my head with this tune. It's haunting me! 😅 I am dying to play it but don't see it in her songbooks. Anyone familiar with it? TIA!