Someone will enter the pearly gate By and by, by and by ; Taste of the glories that there await : Shall you ? shall I ?,
Someone will travel the streets of gold Beautiful visions will there behold, Feast on the pleasures so long foretold: Shall you ? shall I?
2. Someone at last will his cross lay By and by, by and by; [down Faithful, approved, shall receive a crown : Shall you ? shall I ? Someone the glorious King will see, Ever from sorrow of earth be free, Happy with Him through eternity : Shall you ? shall I ?
3. Someone will knock when the door is shut----- By and by, by and by ; Hear a voice saying, â I know you not": Shall you? shall I ? Someone will call and shall not be heard, Vainly will strive when the door is barred, Someone will fail of the saint's reward : Shall you ? shall I ?
4. Someone will sing the triumphant song By and by, by and by ; Join in the praise with the blood- bought throng: Shall you ? shall I ? Someone will greet on the golden shore Loved ones of earth who have gone before, Safe in the glory for evermore : Shall you ? shall I ?