They are waiting for me They are waiting for me Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be Oh, waiting for me They are waiting for me I got loved ones, they are waiting and watching for me If ever I cross over this dark rolling tide Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be And then when I step into those beautiful pearly white gates My loved ones, they are waiting there for me ♪ Yeah, they are waiting and watching for me They are waiting and watching for me Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be They are waiting and a-watching for me They are waiting and watching for me I got loved ones, they are waiting and watching for me My dear loving mother awaits on that shore To clasp me again to her breast And she left this old world shouting the praises of my God And by the angels she was carried on to rest ♪ And they are waiting and a-watching for me They are waiting and watching for me Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be They are waiting and a-watchin' for me They are waiting and watching for me I got loved ones, they are waiting and watching for me Oh, dear father and brother and kindreds, they are gone To dwell in that country so fair And while I still linger on time's silver shores My loved ones, they are waiting up there ♪ They are waiting and a-watching for me They are waiting for me Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be Oh, waiting for me They are waiting for me My loved ones, they are waiting and a-watchin' for me ♪ They are waiting and a-watching for me They are waiting and watching for me Oh, what a glad meeting that's going to be They are waiting and watching for me They are waiting and watching for me I got loved ones, they are waiting and watching for me