WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER is a hymn tune in 15.11.15.11.8.8.8.11, composed by James M. Black (1856–1938) (1893). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "Epworth Songs", 1893 Hymn 57.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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