There are those who are taking vacations   To the mountains the lakes and the sea   Where they rest from their cares and their troubles   What a wonderful time that must be      But it seems not my lot to be like them   I must toil through the heat and the cold   Seekin' out the lost sheep on a mountain   Bringing wanderers back to the fold      But when I take my vacation in Heaven   What a wonderful time that will be   Hearing concerts by the Heavenly chorus   And the face of my Saviour I'll see      Sitting down on the banks of the river   'Neath the shade of the evergreen tree   There I'll rest from my burdens forever   Won't you take your vacation with me      Sitting down on the banks of the river   Under the shade of the evergreen tree   There I'll rest from my burdens forever   Won't you take your vacation with me