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Text:Waiting For Me
Author:Eddie Lou Adkins
Tune:[There's a boat that waits for me]
Composer:I. F. Groves
Media:MIDI file

8001. Waiting For Me

1 There’s a boat that waits for me,
Moored beside a sunny shore;
It will bear me ’cross the sea,
When the boatman plies his oar.

Refrain:
When the boatman plies the oar,
When the boatman plies the oar,
When the bark glides o’er the sea,
When I reach the golden strand,
When I reach the golden strand,
Christ will wait to welcome me.

2 There’s a crown that waits for me,
In that kingdom vast and grand;
There’s a seat reserved for me,
Over there at God’s right hand. [Refrain]

3 There’s a harp that waits for me,
Strung by hands divinely fair;
Oh, the glories I shall see!
Oh, the blessings I shall share! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There’s a boat that waits for me
Title: Waiting For Me
Author: Eddie Lou Adkins (1898)
Refrain First Line: When the boatman plies the oar
Language: English
Source: The New Century Carols by A. F. Myers (Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1899)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [There's a boat that waits for me]
Composer: I. F. Groves
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: Midi
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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