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UNTITLED Sung by: The Southernaires of Black Recorded near Newport, AR Click here to listen to the original recording Chorus: Tell me, who is that (solo) John the Revelator (group) Oh, who is (solo) (group) Oh, (solo) (group) sea. (group) . . . he spoke about the coming of the fire, . . . he set . . . And he . . . He came on down . . . They heard the captain say . . . at the break of day. He, look it over there and see . . . They heard about . . . Praise God, and what do you see . . . There’s . . .(all solo) (Chorus) He said . . . He heard . . . other coming . . . Praise God, now what do you see? . . . . . . is gonna . . . Heaven (?) The feet is gonna walk before mighty (?). . . . . . . up in heaven, heaven is . . . The dead is gonna rot up in the heat of the sun. The sun is gonna . . . and gonna . . . The rock will cry out at the fiery place. Praise God, what do you mean. He says . . . The dumb is gonna talk The lame is gonna pick up his bed, begin to walk. Praise God (John?), pick up your bed . . . fiery bed (pit?) (Chorus) Hal a lu lu lu a laya |
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