From the earth we used to live in.
Let’s go and open the gates of pearl,
Open them wide for the new little girl,”
Said the children up in heaven.
“God wanted her here where his little ones meet,”
Said the children up in heaven;
“She shall play with us in the golden street.
She had grown too fair, she had grown too sweet,
For the earth we used to live in.
She needed the sunshine, this dear little girl,