Oh, What Songs of the Heart

 


Lyrics

  1. 1. Oh, what songs of the heart

    We shall sing all the day,

    When again we assemble at home,

    When we meet ne’er to part

    With the blest o’er the way,

    There no more from our loved ones to roam!

    When we meet ne’er to part,

    Oh, what songs of the heart

    We shall sing in our beautiful home.

  2. 2. Tho our rapture and bliss

    There’s no song can express,

    We will shout, we will sing o’er and o’er,

    As we greet with a kiss,

    And with joy we caress

    All our loved ones that passed on before;

    As we greet with a kiss,

    In our rapture and bliss,

    All our loved ones that passed on before.

  3. 3. Oh, the visions we’ll see

    In that home of the blest,

    There’s no word, there’s no thought can impart,

    But our rapture will be

    All the soul can attest,

    In the heavenly songs of the heart;

    But our rapture will be

    In the vision we’ll see

    Best expressed in the songs of the heart.

  4. 4. Oh, what songs we’ll employ!

    Oh, what welcome we’ll hear!

    While our transports of love are complete,

    As the heart swells with joy

    In embraces most dear

    When our heavenly parents we meet!

    As the heart swells with joy,

    Oh, what songs we’ll employ,

    When our heavenly parents we meet!

Text: Joseph L. Townsend, 1849–1942

Music: William Clayson, 1840–1887

 

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Performance

Watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform an arrangement of this hymn.