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[My heav'nly home is bright and fair]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will L. Thompson Incipit: 13334 51643 25313 Used With Text: I Long to Be There

I Long to Be There

Appears in 728 hymnals First Line: My heav'nly home is bright and fair Refrain First Line: Oh, angels, guide me home Used With Tune: [My heav'nly home is bright and fair]

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Hymnal: The Crowning Day #15 (1894) First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair Refrain First Line: Oh, angels guide me home Lyrics: 1 My heav’nly home is bright and fair, I long to be there. No pain nor death can enter there. I long to be there. Refrain: Oh, angels, guide me home, Angels, guide me home, Angels, guide me home, I long to be there. 2 My Father’s house is built on high; I long to be there. Far, far above the starry sky. I long to be there. [Refrain] 3 Its glitt’ring tow’rs the sun outshine; I long to be there. That heav’nly mansion shall be mine. I long to be there. [Refrain] Tune Title: [My heavenly home is bright and fair]

I Long to Be There

Hymnal: Gems of Gospel Song #99 (1881) First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair Refrain First Line: Oh! angels, guide me home Languages: English Tune Title: [My heavenly home is bright and fair]

I Long to Be There

Hymnal: Quartette #450 (1889) First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair Refrain First Line: Oh! angels, guide me home Languages: English Tune Title: [My heavenly home is bright and fair]

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Will L. Thompson

1847 - 1909 Person Name: Will. L. Thompson Author of "I Long to Be There" in Songs of Free Grace Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Liverpool, Ohio. Died: September 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an early attempt to sell his songs to a commercial publisher, Thompson started his own publishing company. He later expanded, opening a store to sell pianos, organs and sheet music. Both a lyricist and composer, he ensured he would always remember words or melodies that came to him at odd times: "No matter where I am, at home or hotel, at the store or traveling, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem worthy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this way I never lose it." Thompson took ill during a tour of Europe, and his family cut short their travels to return home. He died a few weeks later. Music-- 1.Jesus Is All the World to Me 2.Lead Me Gently Home, Father 3.Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling 4.There’s a Great Day Coming --hymntime.com/tch ================================== Various biographical sketches and newspaper articles about Thompson are available in the DNAH Archives.