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Text:There's a Great Day Coming
Author:Will L. Thompson
Tune:[There's a great day coming, a great day coming]
Composer:Will Lamartine Thompson
Media:MIDI file

6578. There's a Great Day Coming

1. There’s a great day coming, a great day coming;
There’s a great day coming by and by,
When the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left,
Are you ready for that day to come?

Refrain
Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready for the judgment day?
Are you ready? Are you ready?
For the judgment day?

2. There’s a bright day coming, a bright day coming;
There’s a bright day coming by and by.
But its brightness shall only come to them that love the Lord.
Are you ready for that day to come? [Refrain]

3. There’s a sad day coming, a sad day coming;
There’s a sad day coming by and by,
When the sinner shall hear his doom: Depart, I know you not!
Are you ready for that day to come? [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There's a great day coming, a great day coming
Title: There's a Great Day Coming
Author: Will L. Thompson (1886)
Refrain First Line: Are you ready? Are you ready?
Language: English
Source: Highway Songs, by E. Nickerson (Boston, Massachusetts: 1886)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [There's a great day coming, a great day coming]
Composer: Will Lamartine Thompson (1886)
Incipit: 55111 11332 16511
Key: F Major
Source: Highway Songs, by E. Nickerson (Boston, Massachusetts: 1886)
Copyright: Public Domain



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