River In Judea

<br>Jack Feldman/Linda Marcus<br>Oftentimes I dream of music,<br>Of the river that freely flows.<br>And it sings a song sweeter than honey,<br>One everybody knows.<br>Late at night, I hear it singing.<br>Then again when I wake at dawn.<br>And it fills me up with hope and goodwill,<br>The will to go on,<br>Go on.<br>(Chorus)<br>There is a river in Judea<br>That I heard of long ago.<br>And it`s a singing, ringing river<br>That my soul cries out<br>To know.<br>I believe it keeps on trav`lin`<br>But it rests on the Sabbath day.<br>And the time when it pauses in stillness,<br>I almost hear it pray.<br>When I`m weary and downhearted,<br>How I long for the song it sings,<br>For the calm within its gentle blue,<br>The peace that it brings, it brings.<br>(Chorus)<br>There is a river in Judea<br>That I heard of long ago.<br>And it`s a singing, ringing river<br>That my soul cries out<br>To know.<br>May the time not be too distant<br>When we meet by the river (meet by the) shore.<br>`Til then dream of that wonderful day<br>As we sing once more, once more:<br>(Chorus)<br>There is a river in Judea (hallelu)<br>That I heard of long ago (hallelu),<br>It`s a singing, ringing river<br>That my soul cries out (my soul cries out)<br>To the river in Judea.<br>(optional repeat)<br>Hallelujah!!!