"The Old Churchyard" is a Christian hymn that, over time, has entered the folk singing tradition, especially in America.

Vocals: Kristin Hagegård
Sound engineer: Fathi Hamadneh

This video was recorded 2022 in "Gamla kyrkogården," the old churchyard of Karlstad, Sweden.

Lyrics:

Come, come with me to the old churchyard,
I so well know those paths 'near the soft green sward.

Friends slumber there that we want to regard,
we will trace out their names in the old churchyard.

Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er,
why weep for those who will weep no more?

For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard,
their pillows may be in the old churchyard.

I know it seems vain when our friends depart,
to breathe kind words to a broken heart;

And I know that the joys of life seem marred
when we follow friends to the old churchyard.

But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,
why would you weep, my friends, for me?

I'm so weary and sad, so why then retard
the peace that I seek in the old churchyard?

Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
to that haven of rest where no tears ever flow.

And I fear not my fate, when it’s time to depart,
I will sail with the sun in the old Church yard.

I rest in the hope that one bright day
sunshine will burst through this prison of clay.
And trumpets will sound in the hills near and far, we will wake up the dead in the old Church yard.

I rest in the hope that one bright day
sunshine will burst through this prison of clay.
And trumpets will sound in the hills near and far, we will wake up the dead in the old Church yard.