Shall We Gather at the River?

Shall We Gather at the River?

"Shall We Gather at the River?" (or simply "At the River") is a traditional Christian hymn, written by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry (1826-1899).

It was written in 1864. An arrangement is included in Aaron Copland's "Old American Songs".

Its tune name is "Beautiful River."

Part of this hymn was sung in the Acad­e­my Award win­ning mo­vie, "Trip to Bountiful" (1985) and in John Ford's "Three Godfathers". It was al­so sung at the fun­er­al of Amer­i­can Su­preme Court Jus­tice William O. Douglas.

External links

* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/w/swgatriv.htm lyrics]
* [http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/folklife_cd3.cfm Free online CD called Shall We Gather at the River, made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida.]


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