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Thread #116137   Message #2514616
Posted By: Richie
13-Dec-08 - 07:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: Lyr Add: WE SHALL RISE
We Shall Rise is "Hallelujah We Shall Rise" by J.E. Thomas in 1904.
Below the Carters lyrics are the original lyrics for comparison.

WE SHALL RISE- Carter Family 1940

In that resurrection morning
When the trump of god shall sound
We shall rise.............we shall rise
             (Hallelujah, we shall rise)
Then the saints will come rejoicing
And no tears will e'er be found
We shall rise.............we shall rise
             (Hallelujah, we shall rise)

    We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
    We shall rise (Hallelujah)
    In that resurrection morning
    When these prison bars are broken
    We shall rise.............we shall rise
                  (Hallelujah, we shall rise)
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

I shall see that blessed savior
Who so freely died for me
We shall rise.............we shall rise
             (Hallelujah, we shall rise)
And our fathers and our mothers
And our loved ones we shall see
We shall rise.............we shall rise
             (Hallelujah, we shall rise)

    We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
    We shall rise (Hallelujah)
    In that resurrection morning
    When these prison bars are broken
    We shall rise.............we shall rise
                  (Hallelujah, we shall rise)

    We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
    We shall rise (Hallelujah)
    In that resurrection morning
    When these prison bars are broken
    We shall rise.............we shall rise
                  (Hallelujah, we shall rise)

WE SHALL RISE- John E. Thomas 1904

In the resurrection morning,
When the trump of God shall sound,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!
Then the saints will come rejoicing
And no tears will e'er be found,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise.

Refrain; We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!
Amen! We shall rise! Hallelujah!
In the resurrection morning,
When death's prison bars are broken,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! We shall rise.

In the resurrection morning,
What a meeting it will be,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!
When our fathers and our mothers,
And our loved ones we shall see,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!

Refrain

In the resurrection morning,
Blessèd thought it is to me,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!
I shall see my blessèd Savior,
Who so freely died for me,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!

Refrain

In the resurrection morning,
We shall meet Him in the air,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!
And be carried up to glory,
To our home so bright and fair,
We shall rise, Hallelujah! we shall rise!

Refrain