Thy streets are paved with gold.
Thy garden and thy pleasing green
My study long have been;
Such sparkling light by human sight
Has never yet been seen.
The Christian Harmony credits the song to William Bobo, Union, S. C. The words are credited, in the Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, No. 453, to Cowper.
No. 222
[BEAUTIFUL HOME SWEET HOME]
Pentatonic, mode 3 (I II III — V VI —)
Beautiful home, sweet home,