I've posted here about this song before, nearly three years ago (previous post here). It was the first worldwide gospel "hit" in the new-fangled era of recorded music. Below is a YouTube video of Alexander's original recording. My aunt Agnes, my late mother's closest sister, is in her final days and is preparing for her onward journey; she has chosen this as one of the hymns for her funeral service.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
"Oh That Will Be Glory for Me" – Charles M Alexander, 1905
And somebody has quite recently done this to it –
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