We Are Going Down the Valley

We are go­ing down the val­ley one by one

With our fac­es tow’rd the set­ting of the sun;

Down the val­ley where the mourn­ful cy­press grows

Where the stream of death in si­lence on­ward flows.

We are going down the val­ley

Going down the val­ley

Going tow’rd the set­ting of the sun;

We are go­ing down the val­ley

Going down the val­ley

Going down the val­ley one by one.

We are go­ing down the val­ley one by one

When the la­bors of the wea­ry day are done;

One by one

the cares of earth for­ev­er past

We shall stand up­on the riv­er brink at last.

We are go­ing down the val­ley one by one:

Human com­rade you or I will there have none;

But a ten­der hand will guide us lest we fall:

Christ is go­ing down the val­ley with us all.

We are go­ing down the val­ley one by one:

Yet be­fore the sha­dowed vale may come the dawn

When with rap­ture we shall ga­ther in the sky;

We shall all be changed

but some shall nev­er die!