In the Sweet By and By in Bangkok Lane
Inhabitants of Penang's Straits Settlement vote to carry on in the way "Until we win" (1916, courtesy Reuters via British Pathé ) A dedication to all who have spent even just a moment on the beautiful Bangkok Lane, this song with lyrics by S. Fillmore Bennett and music by Joseph P. Webster is for you. A song popular in the mid to late 1800s, sung all the way from the United Kingdom to New Zealand, later in the 1900s in America to Penang. In the Sweet By and By (instrumental by Elizabeth Cotton) There's a land that's 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 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 In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the
