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City On the Hill/When I Reach The City On the Hill
Traditional Southern Gospel;
ARTIST: Wade Mainer
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DATE: 1900s; 1940 Lomax; circa 1949 James and Martha Carson
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: The City On the Hill
John A. and Ruby T. Lomax Livingston, Ala. 1940; 4-060 B2 "When I Reach That City on the Hill" Sung by congregation of Church of the ten ...
Ferrill, Clarence. Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music from Cumberla... Vol.2, County 787, LP (1986), trk# 3
Carson, James and Martha. Anthology of Country Music, Vol 18. Early Gospel Greats, ACM ACM 18, LP (197?), trk# A.09 [1946-50]
Mainer, Wade. From the Maple on the Hill, Old Homestead OHTRS 4000, LP (1976), trk# A.06
Mainer, Wade. Old Time Banjo Tunes, Old Homestead OHS 90168, LP (1984), trk# B.07
Volo Bogtrotters. Tough Luck, Marimac 9042, Cas (1991), trk# 18
Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys. Smithsonian Folkways. City on a Hill
Harold McWhorter. "When I Reach That City On the Hill"
Rhonda Vincent. "When I Reach That City on the Hill"
OTHER NAMES: "When I Reach The City On the Hill"
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NOTES: "City On the Hill" or "When I Reach The City On the Hill" is a traditional southern gospel hymn with no known verified author. Smithsonian Folkways includes it (Roy Pope and the Carolina Homeboys) in their Traditional Music of Union County, NC compilation.
When I Reach That City- Standard lyrics
On the top of Mount Zion is a city
And the earth with glory it doth fill;
I shall look on its beauty in the morning
When I reach that city on the hill.
Oh, that city on Mount Zion,
Tho’ a pilgrim, yet I love thee still;
I’ll not leave thee, through the ages,
When I reach that city on the hill.
I’m invited to come home to that city,
For the Word says, “Whosoever will,”
And I’ll find there a mansion for me waiting
When I reach that city on the hill.
Oh, that city on Mount Zion,
Tho’ a pilgrim, yet I love thee still;
I’ll not leave thee, through the ages,
When I reach that city on the hill.
Death will never molest me in that city,
Never leave me lying cold and chill;
And I’ll enter to live up there forever
When I reach that city on the hill.
Oh, that city on Mount Zion,
Tho’ a pilgrim, yet I love thee still;
I’ll not leave thee, through the ages,
When I reach that city on the hill.
So I’ll stay here until my Savior calls me,
Trying daily to perform His will;
Then He’ll say unto me, “Well done,” up yonder
When I reach that city in the hill.
Oh, that city on Mount Zion,
Tho’ a pilgrim, yet I love thee still;
I’ll not leave thee, through the ages,
When I reach that city on the hill.
When I Reach That City- Porter Wagoner
CHORUS: Oh that city on Mount Zion
though a pilgrim yet I love Thee still
I'll not leave Thee through the ages
when I reach that city on the hill
On the top of Mount Zion is a city
and the earth with its glory it doth fill
And I look upon its beauty in the morning
when I reach that city on the hill
CHORUS:
So I’ll stay here until my Savior calls me,
Trying daily to perform His will;
Then He’ll say unto me, “Well done,” up yonder
When I reach that city in the hill.
CHORUS:
When I reach that city on the hill
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