#1 - The Sweet Bye And Bye

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• Composer:
  • Joseph Philbrick Webster

    • #1 - The Sweet Bye And Bye
    • #3014 - Sweet Bye and Bye

    (1819-1875), 1868
• Title variations:
  • The Sweet Bye-And-Bye
• Also known as:
  • In the Sweet Bye And Bye
• Early Arrangements
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• Incipit: 123212165123335532
• Condensed Incipit: 123212165123532
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• Lyrics:
  There's a land that is fairer than day,
  And by faith we can see it afar;
  For the Father waits over the way
  To prepare us a dwelling place there.
  
  chorus:
  In the sweet by and by,
  We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
  In the sweet by and by,
  We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
  
  We shall sing on that beautiful shore
  The melodious songs of the blessed;
  And our spirits shall sorrow no more,
  Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.
  
  To our bountiful Father above,
  We will offer our tribute of praise
  For the glorious gift of His love
  And the blessings that hallow our days.
  
  
  • Sanford Fillmore Bennett

    • #1 - The Sweet Bye And Bye
    • #3014 - Sweet Bye and Bye

    (1836-1898), 1868
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  • #3014 - Sweet Bye and Bye

An 1884 newspaper interview¹⁾ suggests that Sweet Bye and Bye was the first title produced:
“The Superintendent at this point conducted the reporter to his private workshop, which was carefully locked, and exhibited the first made of the new music boxes. […] Here he placed in his model a roller of music like that of a Swiss box (except that the pins were bedded in wood instead of metal) and turned a small crank. Sweet Bye and Bye was the result in full resonant tones.”