Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' on That Great Day

Subject: Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' On That Great Day
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 16 Nov 01 - 11:51 PM

SINNER WILL BE RUNNIN' ON THAT GREAT DAY

Great Day!
Oh, my mother will be runnin' on that great day,
Oh, my mother will be runnin' on that great day,
Oh. my mother will be runnin' on that great day,
Oh, who shall be able to stand?

Oh, my father will be runnin' on that great day,
Lord, my father will be runnin' on that great day,
Oh, my father will be runnin' on that great day,
Oh, who shall be able to stand?

Oh, my brother will be runnin' on that great day, etc.

Oh, my sister will be runnin' on that great day, etc.

Oh, de graves will be open on that great day, etc.
An' who shall be able to stand?

Negro convicts, Ramsey State Farm, Otey, Texas.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound.
@religion @gospel @spiritual

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' on that Great
From: masato sakurai
Date: 17 Nov 01 - 12:48 AM

ALTERNATE TITLE(s), the note says,:
My Mother Will Be Runnin' in dat Great Day
Who Shall Be Able to Stand in dat Great Day
Dat Great Day

There's a version of "Who Shall Be Able to Stand" by The Famous Ward Singers on Surely God is Able (P-Vine (Japan) PCD-4913). Interesting arrangement.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' on that Great
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 27 Nov 01 - 04:19 PM

GREAT DAY

Oh, the mourners will be runnin' on that great day (3 times)
Cryin', who shall be able to stand?

Lord, my mother will be restin' on that great day, etc.

Oh, the deacons will be marchin' etc.

Oh, the sinners will be marchin', etc.

Oh, my Lord's gettin' us ready for that great day, etc.

Oh, Jesus will be comin' on that great day, etc.

Inmates, Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville, TX.
Different verses to the one recorded at Ramsey State Farm, TX.
Not related to "Great Day" in Work or in Johnson.
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection for notes and sound. (Click audio subject and go to Spirituals)
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' on that Great
From: wysiwyg
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 03:52 PM

All of the above titles have been entered for indexing in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS PERMATHREAD.

If songs with new TITLES are added to this thread, please take a moment to post that title and this thread's ID number (or full URL) in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS PERMATHREAD, so it can be included when the index is updated.

Thanks!

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sinner Will Be Runnin' on that Great
From: mg
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 12:47 AM

are there songs about the great come and get it day? mg