Wonder, Love, and Praise 804
Steal away
- Tune
- [my lord, he calls me]
- Composer(s)
- Carl Haywood (b. 1949)
- Meter
- Irregular
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual; The Haywood Collection of Negro Spirituals
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Refrain: Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus! Steal away, steal away home, I ain’t got long to stay here!
1 My Lord he calls me, he calls me by the thunder. The trumpet sounds within a my soul. I ain’t got long to stay here. (Refrain)
2 Green trees are bending, poor sinner stands a-trembling, the trumpet sounds within a my soul. I ain’t got long to stay here. (Refrain)
3 Tombstones are bursting, poor sinner stands a-trembling, the trumpet sounds within a my soul. I ain’t got long to stay here. (Refrain)
4 My Lord he calls me, he calls me by the lightning. the trumpet sounds within a my soul. I ain’t got long to stay here. (Refrain)