Farewell, vain world! I'm going home! My savior smiles and bids me come, And I don't care to stay here long! Sweet angels beckon me away, To sing God's praise in endless day, And I don't care to stay here long!
(Chorus:) Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder, O, yes my Lord, for I don't care to stay here long.
I'm glad that I am born to die, From grief and woe my soul shall fly, And I don't care to stay here long! Bright angels shall convey me home, Away to New Jerusalem, And I don't care to stay here long!
(Chorus:) Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder, O, yes my Lord, for I don't care to stay here long.
(Chorus:) Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder, O, yes my Lord, for I don't care to stay here long.