The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #129086   Message #2897755
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Apr-10 - 10:12 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Don't You Grieve After Me
No. 95. Don't You Grieve After Me

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Oh, who is that a coming?
Don't you grieve after me,
Oh, who is that a coming?
Don't you grieve after me,
Oh, who is that a coming?
Don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
2
It looks like Gabriel, don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
3
Oh, who is that behind him? don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
4
It looks like Jesus, don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
5
Go, blow your trumpet, Gabriel, don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
6
How loud must I blow it? don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
7
Loud as seven claps of thunder! don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.
8
To wake the sleeping nations, don't you grieve after me,
Lord, I don't want you to grieve after me.