When the ceremony was over   A lad stood alone in tears   For he had just said goodbye   To the one he had loved through the years      He stood all alone with his head bowed down   As though his heart would break   The parson came over and took his hand   And to him these words he did say      When God comes and gathers his jewels   All his treasures of diamonds and gold   You'll meet her up there in Heaven so fair   When God comes and gathers his jewels      Every night when the pale moon is shining   You can see this lad all alone   With his eyes lifted up toward heaven   He's repeating these words he was told      When God comes and gathers his jewels   All his treasures of diamonds and gold   You'll meet her up there in Heaven so fair   When God comes and gathers his jewels      When God comes and gathers his jewels   All His treasures of diamonds and gold   You'll meet her up there in Heaven so fair   When God comes and gathers his jewels