Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
ISWC: T-904.679.561-3 BMI, ISWC
Comments: The song consists of several four-line verses (quatrains) and a repeated refrain. The words both of verses and of refrain often differ from one artist to another. A standard feature is that the refrain consists of four lines, the first three of which are identical. Common variants of those three lines include "Bye and bye we're (or, I'm) going to see the King" and "Holy, holy, holy is His name". The fourth line almost always begins "(I) wouldn't (or, don't) mind dying". It concludes in various ways in different versions, for example "If dying was all", or "But I gotta go by myself", or "Because I'm a child of God".

There is a copyright dated February 1, 1909 for a song called "Going to See the King" (lyrics, Johnson Oatman and music R. L. Ferguson) that may be this specific song.
Published by: ALPHA MUSIC BMI
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