Jesus Is Coming

by Blind Willie Johnson recording of 19 from Complete Recordings of Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia C2K-52835) Well, we done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon In the year of 19 and 18, God sent a mighty disease It killed many a-thousand, on land and on the seas We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon Great disease was mighty and the people were sick everywhere It was an epidemic, it floated through the air We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon The doctors they got troubled and they didn't know what to do They gathered themselves together, they called it the Spanish'in' flu We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon Soldiers died on the battlefield, died in the counts too Captain said to the lieutenant, "I don't know what to do" We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon Well, God is warning the nation, He's a-warnin' them every way To turn away from evil and seek the Lord and pray We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon Well, the nobles said to the people, "You better close your public schools, until the events of death has ending, you better close your churches too" We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon We done told you, our God's done warned you, Jesus comin' soon Read the book of Zacharias, bible plainly says Said the people in the cities dyin', account of they wicked ways __________ Note: see also God Don't Never Change

 

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