Charles Albert Tindley,
What Are They Doing in Heaven?
(1901)
“ Oh, what are they doing there now? (chorus) There’s some who were poor and often despised They looked up to heaven with tear-blinded eyes While others were heedless and deaf to their cries Oh, what are they doing there now? (chorus) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928. The longest-living author of this work died in 1933, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 89 years or less. ”

