"Songs Here and Yonder" [1869]
Words by Paulina [DiuPre]
Music by F[rederic]. W[oodman]. Root [1846-1916]

Chicago, IL: ROOT & CADY, 67 Washington St., Chicago, IL
[Source: from page 169 of "The Pacific Glee Book"]

1. There is here a strain in a minor key,,
On which white lips love to linger;
And the hand that wakens that harmony
Hath a thin and wasted finger;
But the glad “new song” is of blended ties
That the earth may no more sunder;

[CHORUS sung after each VERSE]
And the diff’rence seemeth on this wise.
’Twixt the sweet songs, Here and Yonder;
  And the diff’rence seemeth on this wise.
  ’Twixt the sweet songs, Here and Yonder;

2. We sing here of sorrow, of pain and deth—
Of sin, bringing death and sorrow;
And the night that floats in the minstrel’s breath
Hath no star and no tomorrow;
And the glad “new song” is a starless skies;
Yet a father’s smile beams under;

3. We may not ALL sing of the  tunefull strain,
This side of the darken’d river;
And the lips that waken the sweet refrain
Have a ceaseless moan and quiver;
But tthe sealed lips and the tearful eyes
Are not in the world of wonder;