The Seekers (an Australian "pop" group, who nevertheless played mainly acoustic and folk-influenced music, and who seem to wear pretty well) did a great version of this one called "When the Stars Begin to Fall" (unfortunately it is not on "The Seekers Collection", a 23 song CD I was listening to a few hours ago) on a flip side of one of their hit singles. I think it goes like this (I should have the single somewhere):

My Lord, what a morning (or mourning?)
My Lord, what a morning
My Lord, what a morning
When the stars begin to fall

You will weep (or leap?) over the rocks and mountains
You will weep (or leap?) over the rocks and mountains
You will weep (or leap?) over the rocks and mountains
When the stars begin to fall

You will hear the shout of victory
You will hear the shout of victory
You will hear the shout of victory
When the stars begin to fall

My Lord, what a morning (or mourning?)
My Lord, what a morning
My Lord, what a morning
When the stars begin to fall

There may be another verse but I don't recognise it from the lyrics already posted, and "Oh sinner what will you do" (attributed by someone above to the Judith Durham/Seekers version) does not appear on my record.

The theme is somewhat similar to another Spiritual "Oh sinner man":

Oh sinner man, where you gonna run to (X3)
All on that day

I'll run to the Rocks, Rocks won't you hide me (x3)
All on that day

The previous verse is repeated with "The Lord" and "The Devil" replacing "The Rocks"


Singing on "When the Stars Begin to Fall" is by the excellent Judith Durham who I am happy to say (after she contracted cancer or leukaemia many years ago) appeared on daytime TV several years back, and was as good as ever. It is a real "belter" and she gets pretty high (musically, not pharmacologically) on the last "Lord" in the third line.

N.B. The Seekers are not to be confused with the British "New Seekers" who are much less memorable, though I think they may done the Eurovision Song Contest. Mind you even they probably sound better than any of the recent ESC winners (to paraphrase a well-known saying, "In the country of the crap the medicore is king".

Please don't anyone start a thread on the awfulness of the Eurovision Song Contest!