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AcaDisc #76- Acappella Sprituals 2 by The Acappella Company (The Series)
Original Release: 1995 The Acappella Company
Available through The Acappella
Company
Producer: Keith Lancaster and George
Pendergrass
Production Assitants: Gary Miller, Larry Sparks, John Laws,
and Darin Cochran
Engineers: Gary Miller, John Laws, Darin Cochran,
Kevin Schaffer, Gary Miner, and Robert Orr
Assistant Enginers: Gary
Moyers, Robert Guy, Norman Zuercher, Tim Storms, Scott Belin, Brishan
Hatcher, Aaron Herman, Steve Reischl, Rick Kilby, George Pendergrass, Roy
Hawkins, and Duane Adams
Recorded and Mixed at: Clifty Studios- Paris,
TN
Mixed by: Gary Miller, John Laws, Darin Cochran, and Kevin
Schaffer
Mastered by: Masterfonics
Vocalists: Listed by song
Ain'ta That Good News
Amen
Joy In Da Morning
Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Good News - Reprise
People Get Ready
Spiritual Medley
Common Thread
Joshua Fit Da Battle
No More
People Get Ready - Reprise
Words and music: William Dawson
Arrangement: George Pendergrass ©
1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company and Hear It In Our Voice: Volume III
by The Acappella Company. A reprise of this song also appeared on this
album.
Lead: George Pendergrass, Katrina Willis, Brian Dickerson,
Mechell Williams, and Darilnda Guy
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Good news, good news (4x)
Good news, good news, good
news
Good news, good news
Ain'ta that good news (4x)
I got a crown up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that'a good news
I got
a crown up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that'a good news
I'm gonna lay
down this world
Gonna shoulder up my burdens
Gonna take it home to
my Jesus
Ain'ta that'a good news
Hey hey
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
I heard about Him one
day
He washed my sins away
Ain't you heard about Him?
The cross
is good news
I've got a robe up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I've
got a robe up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I'm gonna lay
down this world
Shoulder up my burdens
Gonna take it home to my
Jesus
Ain'ta that good news
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Good news, good
news
Ain'ta that good news, oh
I said ain't that, oh ain't
that
Ain't that good news, good news
I got a home up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I got a
home up in'a that Kingdom
Ain'ta that good news
I'm gonna lay down
this world
Gonna shoulder up my burdens
I'm gonna take it home to my
Jesus
Ain'ta that good news
Bridge:
So excited, my face can't hide it
My soul's delighted
cause I got the
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Real, real, real, real,
real, real good news
Oh yeah, so good, so good
(Have you) Have (heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the
(Have
you) Have (heard a-) you (-bout the) heard (Lord) the
(Have you) Have
(heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the news
Repeat Chorus
[Solo over chorus:]
Oh, yeah
You've got to
let me tell you about Him
Jesus, I know what you need, He set the
captives free
He gives the blind their sight and He can give
relief
Let me tell you that's-a good news, hey
(Have you) Have (heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the
(Have
you) Have (heard a-) you (-bout the) heard (Lord) the
(Have you) Have
(heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the news
Scriptural Reference:
"After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God." Luke 1:8
"'The Spirit
of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to
the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the
year of the Lord's favor.'" Luke 4:18-19
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement: George
Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
Lead: Andrew McNeil and
George Pendergrass
Lyrics:
Are you ready, are you ready
Come on and sing amen
A-men, amen,
amen
Chorus:
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen
Oh let the church say amen
See the little baby
Lying in a manger
(amen)
Early one Christmas morning (amen)
He was wrapped all up in
swaddling clothes
Amen, amen
Oh let the people say
See Him in the temple (amen)
Talking to the
elders (amen)
Who marveled at His wisdom (amen)
Oh I wish I could
have been there
Amen, amen, amen
See Him at the Jordan (amen)
Where John was baptizing (amen)
And
saving all the sinners there (amen)
Behold the Lamb of God (amen,
amen)
Who takes away the sins of the whole world (everybody
sing)
Amen
See Him at the seaside (amen)
Gathering disciples (amen)
Healing
all the people (amen)
And He's talking to the fisherman (amen)
See Him in the Garden (amen)
Praying to the Father (amen)
In the
deepest of sorrow (amen)
Take this bitter cup from me (amen)
He said
Father not my will but thine (amen)
Everybody sing (I just got to sing) amen
Then they crucified Him
(amen)
But He rose again (amen)
The grave couldn't hold Him down
(amen)
Hallelujah He's alive (amen)
Hallelujah He lives in me
(amen)
Amen, amen
Scriptural Reference:
"For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen." Romans 11:36
Words and music: George Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This
song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals Longplay
by The Acappella Company.
Lead: John K. Green and Robert C. Guy with
stepouts by George Pendergrass
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Lord
Sometimes it seems my enemies are laughing at me
So many
trials in my way that I can't see
Chorus:
I know that weeping only lasts a little while
And there's
gonna be joy (joy), joy (joy) in da morning
My troubles seems to emanate from deep within
I don't know when they
started or when they will end
Repeat Chorus
The Devil scores another blow and I'm depressed
But I'm reassured, I
will not lose, cause I've been blessed
Repeat Chorus
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy
Joy,
joy, joy, joy
(Joy, joy, joy, joy)
I've a troubled mind, a feeble soul, my heart,
it won't mend (Heart won't mend)
I don't intend to give up till I reach
the end (In a little while)
Repeat Chorus
There's gonna be joy (joy)
Oh I said there will be joy in da
mornin
There's gonna be joy (joy)
There's gonna be joy (joy)
Yeah
we'll see joy in da mornin
Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy (Joy)
Sweet
and wonderful joy
Joy, joy, in da morning
One of these good ole
days
Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy (Joy)
Joy in da mornin
There's gonna be joy, oh
There's gonna be joy, joy in da
mornin
There's gonna be joy
There's gonna be joy, oh
No more
frownin, no more tears
No more sorrow, no more fears
There's gonna
be joy (in the mornin, in the mornin, in the mornin)
No more weepin',
no more wailin'
All this joy that we've been savin'
There's gonna be
joy, joy (in the mornin, in the mornin, in the mornin)
There's gonna be
joy in da mornin!
Scriptural Reference:
"For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."
Psalm 30:5
"Those living far away fear your wonders; where morning
dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy." Psalm 65:8
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement: Keith Lancaster
© 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Katrina Williams and
George Pendergrass
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Chorus:
I am a pilgrim, a pilgrim of sorrow
Tossed in this wide
world
This wide world alone
(I ain't got no hope, I ain't got no
hope, I ain't got no hope)
Ain't got no hope in
(I ain't got no hope
in this world for tomorrow)
This world for tomorrow
('Cause Lord,
I'm trying, I'm trying to make heaven)
Trying to make it
(I wanna
make heaven my home)
Heaven my home
You know sometimes, I get a little troubled
I get a little tormented
and worried, Lord Jesus
By all of my so-called friends, all of my
so-called friends
Who just won't, who just won't leave me alone
But
I'm gonna keep on tryin' and keep on prayin'
That one day it'll all be
over
'Cause Lord, I'm trying to make it
I wanna make heaven my
home
(Sometimes) Sometimes I'm tossed
(Sometimes I'm tossed and driven)
And driven Lord
(And I just don't know, said I just don't know, well I
don't know which way to roam)
Just don't know which way to roam (I'm
going home)
(Which way to roam)
(You see, I am a poor) I am a pilgrim
(I'm a poor pilgrim of sorrow)
A pilgrim of sorrow
(Lord, You know that I'm tossed, tossed in this
wide world)
Tossed in this wide world
(In this wide world alone)
This wide world alone
(I ain't got no hope, I ain't got no
hope)
Ain't got no hope in
(I ain't got no hope in this world for
tomorrow)
This world for tomorrow
('Cause Lord, I'm trying, I'm
tryin' to make heaven)
Trying to make it
(I'm gonna make heaven my
home)
Heaven my home
(Sometimes) Sometimes I'm tossed
(Sometimes I'm tossed and driven)
And driven Lord
(And I just don't know, said I just don't
know)
(Well, I don't know which way to roam)
Just don't know which
way to roam (I'm going home)
(Which way to roam)
(I've heard of a city)
Ain't got no hope in
(I've heard of a
city, a city called heaven)
This world for tomorrow
(Lord, I'm
trying, I'm trying to make it)
Trying to make it
(Trying, said I'm
trying to make it)
Trying to make it
(Lord, I'm trying to make
it)
Trying to make it
(Said I wanna make heaven my home)
Heaven
my home
Scriptural Reference:
"Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts
on pilgrimage." Psalm 84:5
"All these people were still living by faith
when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only
saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that
they were aliens and strangers on earth." Hebrews 11:13
Words and music: Traditional
Arrangement: George Pendergrass © 1995
Clifty Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company, Sweet Deliverance by Sweet
Deliverance, and as "Wayfaring Stranger" on Never Grow Old by
Revival, This Little Light by
The Sounds of Glory, and The Road Home by Voice of
Faith.
Lead: George Pendergrass
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Oooo, I'm poor, I'm blind, I'm weak
Oooo, I'm poor, I'm blind, I'm
weak
(Repeat)
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
While
wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness (there's no
sickness), toil or danger (no danger)
In that fair land to which I
go
Chorus 1:
I'm goin' there to meet my mother (I'm goin home)
I'm
goin' there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm just
going, going over home
[Verse 1 background is laid underneath:]
I know dark clouds
will gather round me
I know my way is rough and steep
But golden
fields lie out before me
Where God's redeemed shall never weep
You know I'm gonna leave this land
With its cold and heartless
ways
You know I'm gonna leave this land
One of these good ole
days
Chorus 2:
I'm goin' there (I'll be goin) to meet my
brothers
(Yes, I am) Going there (I'm going) no more to roam
I'm
only goin' over Jordan
I'm only goin'...
Said I'm only going, oh,
yeah, to meet my Savior oh, yeah
I'm going to sing His praises
I'm
only goin' over Jordan
I'm only goin' over home
I'm goin' home
Going home, sweet home, my home
I am going home, sweet home, my
home
(Repeat)
I'm poor, I'm blind, I'm weak
[Repeat and fade]
Scriptural Reference:
"All these people were still living by faith when they died. They
did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them
from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and
strangers on earth." Hebrews 11:13
"Dear friends, I urge you, as
aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which
war against your soul." 1 Peter 2:11
Words and music: William Dawson
Arrangement: George Pendergrass ©
1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
The full
version of this song also appeared on this album, Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company, and Hear It In Our
Voice: Volume III by The Acappella Company.
Lead: George
Pendergrass, Katrina Willis, Brian Dickerson, Mechell Williams, and
Darilnda Guy
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Good news, good news (4x)
Good news, good news, good
news
Good news, good news
Ain'ta that good news (4x)
[Solo
over chorus:]
Oh, yeah
You've got to let me tell you about
Him
Jesus, I know what you need, He set the captives free
He gives
the blind their sight and He can give relief
Let me tell you that's-a
good news, hey
(Have you) Have (heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the
(Have
you) Have (heard a-) you (-bout the) heard (Lord) the
(Have you) Have
(heard the) you (news of) heard (Jesus) the news
Scriptural Reference:
"After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,
proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God." Luke 1:8
"'The Spirit
of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to
the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the
year of the Lord's favor.'" Luke 4:18-19
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement:
George Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on
Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company. A reprise of this song also appeared on this
album.
Lead: George Pendergrass
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
People get ready there's a train a-comin'
Don't need no
ticket, get on board
All you need is faith to hear that diesel
hummin'
Don't need no ticket, just thank the Lord
There's a train comin', comin' down the track
All the
people who ain't ready better step on back
All you need is faith to
hear that diesel hummin'
Don't need no ticket, you just get on
board
Chorus:
All aboard, (you'd better) get on board (get on
board)
All aboard, get on board (come on, get on board)
(Chorus in background)
Faith is the key that opens
doors to boarders
Picking up passengers from coast to coast
All you
need is faith to hear the diesel hummin'
Don't need no ticket to meet
the Lord of hosts
(Chorus in background)
Are you ready? - yes we're
ready
Are you ready? - yes we're ready
Are you ready? - yes we're
ready
Are you ready? - yes we're ready
Come on, get on board - All
aboard, get on board
Scriptural Reference:
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith; and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast" Ephesians 2:8-9
Songs: Lay Yo Head, Turn Me Around, Hear The Lambs A-Cryin', Sit Down
Servant
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement:Robert C.
Guy © 1995 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Katrina Williams, Kay
Kay Richmond, Andrew McNeil, Aaron Herman, Robert C. Guy, and John K.
Green
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Lay your head in the winduh, Jesus
Lay your head in the winduh,
Lord
Lay your head in the winduh, Jesus
Can't you hear this
sinner
Turn me around, turn me around
Turn me around
(Ain't gonna let)
Turn me around
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gotta build a
brand new world
(Ain't gonna let nobody) Turn me around
Turn me around, turn me
around
(Oh no, never gonna let nobody) Turn me around
Keep on
a-walkin' (I gotta keep on, keep walking)
Keep on a-talkin' (Gotta
build a brand new world)
Gotta build a brand new world
(Oh, can't you hear the lambs) You hear the lambs a-cryin'
(Oh,
Lord, Lord, won't you hear the lambs a-cryin') You hear the lambs
a-cryin'
(Hey now, Lord, now oh Lord, oh) You hear the lambs
a-cryin'
(Shepherd, won't you feed my) Oh Shepherd feeda my sheep
(Sit down servant) I can't sit down
(Sit down servant) I can't sit
down
(Sit down servant) I can't sit down
My soul so happy that I
can't sit down
When I think of how good He's been to me (oh no)
I
just can't keep my seat (I can't keep my seat)
He's given me grace I
don't deserve (oh no)
And I sho' don't deserve his mercy
(yeah)
Looking back over my life (My life)
There's lots of trouble I
found
But he picked me up, washed me clean
Made me whole (whole)
(Now you better sit down now) Down, down, Ya betta' sit down,
down
(Nuh uh, I just can't sit down!) Ya betta' sit down, down
(Sho
no not) Ya betta' sit down, down
Ya betta' sit
Servant so happy eternal peace he's found
Soul so happy I can't sit
down
Sit down servant, can't sit down
Sit down servant, can't sit
down
(Repeat with stepouts)
My soul is so happy that I can't sit down
Scriptural Reference:
"Jesus said, 'Feed my sheep. I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.' Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me!'" John 21:18-19
Words and music: Kevin R. Lawson © 1994 Cedarstone Music
This song
also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company.
Lead: George Pendergrass,
Heather Lawson, Beau Strope, and Kevin Lawson
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Hey hey
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Come
rock-a-my
Oh Lord come rock-a-my soul
Rock me in the cradle, Daddy
don't let go
Rock me in your arms and hold my hand
Take me for a
walk to the promise land
Oh Lord come-a-rock-a-my soul
If they take my life with the risin' sun
I'm gonna go down standin'
up
Singin' Lord, Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord
From the linen white to
the cold black dirt
From Mama's arms to Mama earth
Singin' Lord,
Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord
Come-a-rock-a-my soul
(interlude)
(Come-a-rock-a-my soul)
Oh Lord, come rock-a-my soul
Rock me in
the cradle, Daddy don't let go
Rock me in your arms and hold my
hand
Take me for a walk to the promise land
Oh Lord come-a-rock-a-my
soul
I want peace in the valley, oh Lord
Sweet Jesus, heal this savage
land
I want peace (you can take my life) in the valley, oh
Lord
Sweet Jesus, (take my life) heal this savage land
(You can take
my life, take my life, I'm-a-gonna go down standin' up)
Sweet Jesus,
heal this savage land
I want peace...
(Singin' Lord, Lord)
Oh Lord, come rock-a-my soul
(Lord, Lord,
Lord)
Rock me in the cradle, Daddy don't let go
(Oh Lord,
Lord)
Rock me in your arms and hold my hand
(Lord, Lord,
Lord)
Take me for a walk to the promise land
If they take my life with the risin' sun
I'm gonna go down standin'
up
Singin' Lord, Lord (Jesus)
Lord, Lord, Lord (Sweet Jesus)
Sing
Lord, Lord
I'm gonna go down standin' up (Heal this savage
land)
Hey, yeah
Dear Lord, dear Lord, dear Lord and Father (Heal this savage
land)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind forgive our foolish...
Chorus:
Oh Lord, rock-a-my soul
Rock me in the cradle, Daddy
don't let go
Rock me in your arms and hold my hand
Take me for a
walk into the promise land
Repeat Chorus (x3)
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lord
Come rock-a-my
Repeat Chorus
Oh Lord, come-a-rock-a-my...
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus (x2 and fade)
Scriptural Reference:
"Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight, so that it may go well
with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord
promised on oath to your forefathers" Deuteronomy 6:8
"From one man He
made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the earth; and He
determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should
live. God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out
for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each on of us." Acts
17:26-27
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement: George
Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company, Zambian Acapella by Zambian
Acapella, and The Road Home by Voice of
Faith.
Lead:
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
Chorus:
(Joshua, Joshua, Joshua
Leader of Israel
Joshua,
Joshua
And da walls came tumblin' down)
He fit da battle
Jericho, Jericho, Jericho
He fit da battle Jericho
And da walls came
tumblin' down
Repeat Chorus
You can talk about the men of Gideon
You can talk about the men of
Saul
But there's none like good ol' Joshua
At the battle of Jericho
Repeat Chorus
To the walls of Jericho he marched into that land
"Go blow your ram
horns," Joshua cried,
"'Cause the battle is in your hands!" (In your
hands)
Repeat Chorus
(Down, down, down) Blow your horns, blow your horns loud
(Down,
down, down) Blow your horns, blow your horns loud
(Down, down, down)
Blow your horns, blow your horns loud
(Down, down, down) Loud was the
shouting of Israel
Down came the great walls of Jericho
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Down, down, down, down (Blow your horns, blow your horns, loud)
The
walls came down (Blow your horns, blow your horns, loud)
The walls came
down (Blow your horns, blow your horns, loud)
[Repeat
phrase]
Repeat Chorus
[Sung on top of the chorus:]
"Blow your
horns," Joshua cried
"Blow your horns, Israel"
"Blow your horns,"
Joshua cried
And the walls came tumblin' down
Down, down, down, down
The walls came down, down
The walls came
down, down
The walls came down, down (Jericho, Jericho, O
Jericho)
The walls came down, down (Jericho, Jericho, O Jericho) (The
walls came down)
[Repeat and fade]
Scriptural Reference:
"Then the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.'" Joshua 6:2
Words: Sylvia Rose and George Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music/Srose
Publishing (BMI)
Music: George Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music
(BMI)
This song also appeared on Acappella Spirituals Longplay
by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Babbie Mason
Sample: Windows
Media
Lyrics:
No, no, no (no)
No, no, no
No more burdens (no more trials), no more trials
(I'm gonna be at
rest) I will be at rest
(In a land so bright and fair) In that land so
bright and fair
(Oh no more worries) No more worries, (my tears won't
find me) tears won't find me
Chorus:
(No, no, no, no, no more)
No, no, no
(Thank you,
Jesus, no more worries up there)
No more up there
(One day I'm gonna be crossing over) Crossing over
(Gonna be
crossing over chilly waters) Chilly waters
(But I'm gonna have no fear)
I will have no fear
(My Jesus is waiting there) For my Lord is waiting
there
(He is gonna guide me through the valley) He will guide
me
(Guide me through the valley) Through death's valley
Chorus
[Solo on top of chorus:]
No more trials or tribulations
up there
Bridge:
(One of these old days) No, no
(I'll lay my burdens now)
No, no
(No more, no no, trials or tribulations up there) No, no, no,
no
(No more, no more) No more
(No, no, no, no more troubles, hey) No
more, no more
(Gonna be shouting my troubles over) No more, no more, no
more
(Thank you, Jesus)
(Hey)
We'll be singing up there (One of these ole days)
In that choir in
the air (I'm gonna sing and shout)
We'll be shouting, exclaiming
(Nobody there)
God's wonderful care (Is gonna put me out)
(No, no,
no, no, no more, no more) No more, no more, no more
(No more sorrow, no
more tribulation)
(Wanna see my Jesus, I gotta find a way there, up in
glory, hey) No more, no more, no more
No more crying, (no more dying) no more dying,
(When we gather up
there) When we gather there
(There will be no more despair) There will
be no more despair
No more sadness, (there will, gonna be gladness) all
will be gladness
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
(No more heartache) No more heartache
(No, no, no, no
more broken promises up there) Promises break
(I'll never be alone)
Never more alone
(One day I'm gonna gather round the throne) Cause we
will be at home
(No more parting) Parting's all done
(I'll never,
never, never have to say goodbye) We'll see the Son
Repeat Chorus (x3)
[Solo on top of choruses:]
I'm gonna see
Jesus, Jesus
I'm gonna see Jesus, gonna see my Savior
Well, leaving
this old world behind
Oh yeah, no more, no more sickness,
No more
sadness, no more heartache,
I'm gonna see Jesus
Hey
Scriptural Reference:
"For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Revelation 7:17
Words and music: Traditional Spiritual
Arrangement:
George Pendergrass © 1995 Clifty Music (BMI)
The full version of this song also appeared on
this album and on Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company.
Lead: George Pendergrass
Lyrics:
Are you ready? - yeah we're ready
Are you ready? - yeah
we're ready
Are you ready? - yeah we're ready
Are you ready? - yeah
we're ready
Come on, get on board - All aboard, get on board
Scriptural Reference:
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith; and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast" Ephesians 2:8-9
Special thanks for additions and/or corrections to: Jonathan Paden and Peter Haddox
Acadisc is a synopsis of various albums of Christian acappella groups. It is written by The Acadisc Team and is very open to additions and/or corrections. These can be addressed to Ken at ken@acadisc.com.
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