Ain't no grave gonna
hold my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold
my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm gonna get up out the ground
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
Go down yonder Gabriel,
bury your feet in the sea
Oh Gabriel,
don't you blow your trumpet
until you hear from me
But I look way over yonder,
what do you think I see?
I see a band of angels
and they're coming after me
And I look way down the river,
saw the people dressed in white
I knew it was God's people
cause I saw them doing right
Ain't no grave gonna hold
my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold
my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna get up out the ground
Ain't no grave gonna hold my
body down
I'm going down to the river
I'm gonna bury my knees in the sand
I'm gonna holler out Hosanna
till I reach that promised land
Then I'll look way over yonder,
what do you think I see?
I see a band of angels
and they're coming after me
So meet me King Jesus, meet me,
meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings should carry me,
I won't need another pair
Ain't no grave gonna hold
my body down
Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
And when I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm gonna get up out the ground
Ain't no grave gonna hold
my body down
Ain't no grave gonna