[Music]
Judgment day is rolling on,
Judgment day is rolling on,
Judgment day is rolling on
As fast as time can move.
Oh, there will be mourning,
Mourning, mourning, mourning,
Oh, there will be mourning
At the judgment seat of Christ.
Wives and husbands there shall part, _etc._
Shall part to meet no more.
_Chorus_
Brothers and sisters there shall part, _etc._
Pastors and people there shall part, _etc._
Parents and children there shall part, _etc._
This old air and its words portray, as the _Olive Leaf_ author
declares, "the gloomy side" of the Last Day. But, he adds consolingly,
"Now sing the joyous side, with every verse," thus:
The judgment day is rolling on, _etc._
And we shall all be there.
Oh, there will be shouting
Shouting, shouting, shouting,
Oh, there will be shouting
At the judgment seat of Christ.
Wives and husbands then shall meet, _etc._
Shall meet to part no more.
_Chorus_
and so on also for the "parents and children," and the rest. 'Parting
Hymn', in this collection, uses a similar chorus but has a different
verse and tune. A negro version is in _Slave Songs_, p. 52.
No. 176
WEEPING PILGRIM or YOU MAY TELL THEM FATHER or I'M A POOR MOURNING
PILGRIM, OSH 417