Voices Together ‎#801

801. I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table

1 I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days.

2 God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days. Hallelujah!
God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days.

3 I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days.

4 I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days.

Text Information

• First Line: I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
• Title: I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
• Transcriber (stanza 4): Mary Allen Grissom
• Meter: Irregular
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Job 19:25-27
  ;
  Joel 3:18
  ;
  Hebrews 12:18-29
  ;
  2 Peter 3:8-13
  ;
  Revelation 7:13-17
• Topic: Communion; Eternal Life; Gathering; Heaven; Heritage: African American; Jesus Christ: Second Coming of; Judgment; Protest; Welcome; Worship
• Source: African American spiritual (USA); stanzas 1–3 as recorded by the Florida Normal and Industrial Quartette (USA), 1922; stanza 4 transcr. Mary Allen Grissom (USA), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, 1930

Tune Information

• Name: WELCOME TABLE
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: G Major
• Source: African American spiritual