WASN' THAT A WONDER

Chorus: Wasn' that a wonder
                      in the Heaven
       Wasn' that a wonder
                      in the Heaven
       Mighty wonder
                      in the Heaven
That woman clothe with the sun, moon under her feet.
       Read about the wonder
                      in the Heaven.
       Read about the wonder
                      in the Heaven.
       Mighty wonder
                      in the Heaven.
That woman clothe with the sun, moon under her feet.
       John saw the wonder
                      in the Heaven.
       John saw the wonder
                      in the Heaven.
       It's a mighty wonder
                      in the Heaven.
That woman clothe with the sun, moon under her feet.
   Well, John' mother may gone before me
    But you can't get no higher in Glory
       If you get there befo' I do
    Jus' tell my Lord I'm comin' too.

SOURCE: Lydia Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (University of Goergia Press, 1940, 1992, p. 139; with music)