Gran Time Comin

Supplied by: Jack Adams, Ballymena. Found inside the personal Bible of Jeremiah Meneely. Meneely was one of the four men who were instrumental in the beginning of the 1859 Ulster Revival
Rev McClean learned this as a boy at Sunday School in Gracehill, Co. Antrim.
Author: Jeremiah Meneely?
Copyright: unknown
Tune: No Dark Valley
Date: unknown

Recorded by the Low Country Boys on the 2005 cd "Gran Time Comin".
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There's a gran time comin, o brither dear
There's a gran time comin, be o guid cheer
There's a gran time comin, tis drawin near
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be nae mair sickness an nae mair pains
There'll be nae mair sorrows whaur Jesus reigns
There'll be nae mair pairtins wi friens again
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be nae mair backslidin or cross tae bear
There'll be nae mair divisions or discord there
There'll be nae mair grummlin an nae mair care
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be nae nicht thonner, nae days or years
There'll be nae mair dootins an nae mair fears
There'll be nae mair sighin an nae mair tears
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be nae mair deathbeds or foe tae brave
There'll be nae mair coffins an nae caul grave
There'll be nae dark valley or Jordans wave
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be yin great company in white array
An a splendid waddin an supper tae
Wae the bride an Bridegroom on that great day
When Jesus'll tak us hame

There'll be sweet reunion ower thonner I'm shair
There'll be joyfu greetins wi loved yins there
There'll be happy meetins tae pairt nae mair
When Jesus'll tak us hame

Noo you dear unsaved yins the warnin min'
For the Bible tells us an there you'll fin
That the unconverted are left behin'
When Jesus'll tak us hame