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hymnchoir | September 29, 2008
Recorded at Union Baptist Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The choir is from Boyd Hill Baptist Church in Rock Hill.
--Although not the best recording, this is still one of my favorites--
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It looks like this song was sung during an "offering" (collection of money for the church from those in attendance).
Listening to how the congregation sings this song, I get a sense of how African American religious meetings were like during slavery and how faith in God helped us through those difficult times and still sustains us in these difficult times.
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Here are the different verses to that song as sung in the video*
Where You Runnin Sinner
Ain't no need of runnin, hey
Ain't no need of runnin, hey
Ain't no need of runnin, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Look-a look-a yonder, hey
Comin round the mountain, hey
With a rainbow round his shoulder, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Fire in the East, hey
Fire in the West, hey
Fire all around you, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Fathers get your sons, hey
Mothers get your daughters, hey
Let us run to Jesus, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Lord's got your number, hey
He knows where you live, hey
You got to go to judgement, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
I got to go to judgement, hey
I got to stand my trial, hey
I can't get around it, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
What you gonna do, hey
In that judgement mornin, hey
You got to go to judgement, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Mothers get your daughters, hey
Fathers get your sons, hey
Let us run to Jesus, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
Run to the mountains, hey
The mountains will be moving, hey
They'll be skipping like a lamb, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
If you run away, hey
You'll come back, hey
My God's gonna find you, hey
Lord, in that great judgement day.
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* This transcription is of the different verses that the congregation in the video sung. Some verses were repeated.
It should be noted that with African American Gospel songs the verse order isn't fixed, verses can be repeated in any order that is desired, and new verses can also be sung.
**This song may also be known as "In That Great Judgement Day"