Parece que estou a ouvir #334

A beautiful example of the crossroads of American folk music and religious spirituals. The singer, Helen Schneyer, was a Jewish woman who made a career on Baptist spirituals and American folk. Curiously this song with different lyrics is also the national anthem of Fiji.

Dwelling in Beulah Land
by C. Austin Miles, sang by Helen Schneyer

Far away the noise of strife upon my ear is falling,
Then I know the sins of earth beset on every hand;
Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling,
None of these shall move me from Beulah Land.

Refrain:
I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky;
I’m drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry;
O yes! I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in Beulah Land.

Far below the storm of doubt upon the world is beating,
Sons of men in battle long the enemy withstand;
Safe am I within the castle of God’s Word retreating,
Nothing there can reach me, ’tis Beulah Land. 

[Refrain]

Let the stormy breezes blow, their cry cannot alarm me,
I am safely sheltered here, protected by God’s hand;
Here the sun is always shining, Here there’s naught can harm me,
I am safe forever in Beulah Land. 

[Refrain]

Viewing here the works of God, I sink in contemplation;
Hearing now His blessed voice, I see the way He planned;
Dwelling in the Spirit, here I learn of full salvation,
Gladly I will tarry in Beulah Land. 

[Refrain]