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20 Mar 03 - 10:25 PM (#915036) Subject: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: Neighmond The song is an old gospel song, and I have a very scuffed up 78 that has it but I would like thhe words as I can't make most of them out. This is what I believe the first verse amounts to: I have a mansion, over yonder, I know Where chilling winds never blow The sweetest flowers will grow There's where you'll find me when I'm finished below For I'm bound over the silent sea The chorus ends with: …Halleluja! Over the Silent Sea! Thanks all for help. |
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21 Mar 03 - 08:30 AM (#915284) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: Charley Noble Looks interesting. I'll see what I can find. Charley Noble |
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21 Mar 03 - 08:36 AM (#915286) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: MMario There's this - by G.G. Root 1. I am for one, and there's one for me, Somewhere, somewhere, Whisper ye breezes of land and sea, And tell him I love him, where e'er he be, O, tell him, I'm waiting for him alone, Somewhere, somewhere, Waiting and longing my king to own, From over the distant sea. What tho' our pathways may farther go, Somewhere, somewhere, Still at the last we shall meet, I know And nevermore parted be. Yes, he is coming for me alone, Somewhere, somewhere, And I am longing my king to own, From over the silent sea. 2. I am for one, and there's one for me, Somewhere, somewhere, Maybe, his face I shall never see, Till, "over the river" will wander free, But there for his coming my heart shall wait, Somewhere, somewhere, E'n to the steps of the pearly gate Far over the mystic sea. He will be faithful, and so shall I, Somewhere, somewhere, Hope will grow brighter, as time flies by, For he will come home to me. Yes, he is coming for me alone, Somewhere, somewhere, And I am longing my king to own, From over the mystic sea. |
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23 Mar 03 - 12:10 PM (#916527) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: Jim Dixon This page lists a song called "Over the Silent Sea" on an album by the Blue Ridge Quartet called "Sing The Old-Time Gospel." This page advertises a tape by the Sullivan Family that also contains the song. |
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25 Jan 06 - 09:09 PM (#1655766) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST,jerry http://memory.loc.gov/afcts/audio/413/4137a1.mp3 from the library of congress, the above is a recording of the Ward family singing "over the silent sea" |
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29 Jan 06 - 10:36 PM (#1657697) Subject: Lyr Add: SILENT SEA (from Ward Family, 1940) From: Jim Dixon Here's my attempt at transcribing the sound file from The Library of Congress American Memory Collection / Voices from the Dust Bowl. There are some gaps and uncertainties. THE SILENT SEA As sung by the Ward Family, 1940. 1. I have a mansion, over yonder, I know, Where chilly winds never go. The sweetest flowers just grow. There's where you'll find me when I've finished below, For I move over the silent sea. CHORUS: Safely I ride 'cross the waters so wide For when Jesus died, His precious blood ... supplied (?) There for the sake I shall forever abide, hallelujah, Over the silent sea. 2. Soon I shall bid my friends and loved ones goodbye. ... I shall fly With angels up to the sky. There I will join a host of singers on high And walk the streets of pure gold With Him in heaven, I am told. CHORUS REPEAT VERSE 2 AND CHORUS. |
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22 Feb 06 - 10:49 AM (#1675886) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: Goose Gander Did the 78 mentioned by Neighmond list an artist? Was there any label information? |
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14 Jan 12 - 11:43 AM (#3290566) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: Jim Dixon Hymnary.org gives the following description: OVER THE SILENT SEA Author: Loy E. Foust Publication date: 1935 First line: I have a mansion over yonder I know First line of chorus: Safely I'll ride across the waters so wide It appears in: "Charming Melodies" published by Hartford Music Co., Hartford, Arkansas, 1935. WorldCat.org might show you where you can find that book in a library near you. |
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07 Apr 13 - 06:04 PM (#3500191) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST Loy E. Foust was author of the song "Over the Silent Sea". In 1935 it was published by the Hartford Music Company in their annual convention book, CHARMING MELODIES. Verse 1: I have a mansion over yonder I know, where chilling winds never blow, but sweetest flowers ever grow;, That's where you'll find me when I've finished here below For I'll move over the Silent Sea. Chorus: Safely I'll ride across the waters so wide, For when Jesus died, His precious blood bridged the tide; There with the saved I shall forever abide, (Hallelujah), over the silent sea. Verse 2 There I shall meet the blessed prophets of old, walk the streets of pure gold, with them in Heaven, I'm told, Where there's no sickness, neither hunger nor cold, No dying over the silent sea. (Repeat Chorus) Verse 3 Soon I shall bid my friends and loved ones goodbye, It is then I shall fly with angels up to the sky; There I shall join a host of singers on high, Over the silent sea (Repeat Chorus) |
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07 Apr 13 - 06:38 PM (#3500203) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST Loy E. Foust was my father. He was born in Cleburne County Arkansas in 1907 and died there in 1995. His first Singing School teacher was Luther G. Presley who with Virgil O. Stamps was the author of "When the Saints Go Marching In." Dad wrote his first song and taught his own first singing school when he was 15. It was only by means of people like Dad that rural southerners were able to learn anything about the rudiments of music. But, amazingly enough, within ten day or ten nights, Dad could have any group of young people seriously interested in learning to sight read doing so. One of the main reasons for writing all of those new songs every year was to enable these music lovers to practice their sight reading skills. People who merely sang "by ear", were not very well respected by the students of music! I have a plaque that was awarded to Dad by Bill Clinton while he was governor of Arkansas in honor of his contributions to the state in this and other ways during his lifetime. (For over fifty years he also served as the Justice of the Peace of his township and a member of the County's Quorum Court which had to approve the County's budget every year.) |
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07 Apr 13 - 06:50 PM (#3500207) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST Over the years Dad published hundreds of such songs as this, and late in his life he collected many of them into a book which he himself published. I have a copy of that book in which this song is included. I would be pleased to send anyone a copy of the song if anyone would like to have it. I would even be pleased to sing it for you and upload it online if anyone desires. |
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23 Mar 21 - 12:15 PM (#4098903) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST,# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRb2qANR6vY 'Over the Silent Sea' sung there by the Blue Ridge Quartet |
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23 Mar 21 - 04:47 PM (#4098953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: cnd I love the Blue Ridge Quartet. I have 3 of their albums along with some of their compilation performances from the "Gospel Singing Caravan" group albums, but the only album this was released on (Blue Ridge Quartet Sing The Old-Time Gospel) is not one of the ones I have. The lyrics provided by GUEST in 2013 match their recording except the Blue Ridge Quartet skipped Verse 2. Thanks for bringing this one back up |
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23 Mar 21 - 04:56 PM (#4098955) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST,# cnd, is that a double album?? I saw something saying Vol.2, so it made me wonder. |
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23 Mar 21 - 05:11 PM (#4098957) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: cnd The Gospel Singing Caravan album? I don't believe they're *technically* double albums because of the time between each release, but they're by the same group(s) and similar in subject. Not that you asked, but The Gospel Singing Caravan was a promotional tool which had the BRQ, along with The Johnson Sisters, The LeFevres, and The Prophets Quartet, travel with each other and do joint gospel shows; the albums simply took existing recordings and released them in a similar format. This was popular and appealing because each group had slightly different things to offer in terms of pop/traditional sound and vocal stylings. They made 5 total GSC albums, alongside two Christmas albums and a final mid-90s CD. |
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26 Mar 21 - 11:51 AM (#4099394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: GUEST,# Thank you. Since you're here, if you like Delbert McClinton then you should give the following site a gander. Sorry to post it here, but ya shoot ducks when they're flying ;-) https://www.azlyrics.com/d/delbertmcclinton.html |
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26 Mar 21 - 12:26 PM (#4099399) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Over the Silent Sea From: cnd Thanks for sharing! |