HAIL! HAIL! HAIL!

Children hail! hail! hail!
I'm go-ing to join the saints a-bove,
Hail! hail! hail!
I'm on my jour-ney home

Verse 1
O, look up yonder what I see
I'm on my jour-ney home,
Bright an-gels com-ing af-ter me,
I'm on my jour-ney home.

Verse 2
If you get there be-fore I do
Look after me I'm coming too,

Verse 3
O hal-le-lu-jah to the Lamb!
King Je-sus died for ev-ery man,

Source: Ashley Bryant "I'm Going To Sing-Black American Spirituals Volume II." {New York, Atheneum, 1982; p. 23}

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Also see the spiritual "Hail! Hail!" which was posted by Dicho
{09 Feb 02 - 08:16 PM}thread.cfm?threadid=44051#646259
'Tell The News Spirituals' thread

These songs may be related though their lyrics are quite different.