You know that death came a knockin’ on the mama's door Singin' come on mama, ain't you ready to go And my mama stooped down, buckled up her shoes And she moved on down by the Jordan stream And then she shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"
You know that death came a knockin’ on the sister's door Singin' come on sister, ain't you ready to go And my sister stooped down, buckled up her shoes And she moved on down by the Jordan stream And then she shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"
You know that death came a knockin’ on the brother's door Singin' come on brother, ain't you ready to go And my brother stooped down, buckled up his shoes And he moved on down by the Jordan stream And then he shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"
You know that death came a knockin’ on the neighbor's door Singin' come on neighbor, ain't you ready to go And my neighbor stooped down, buckled up his shoes And he moved on down by the Jordan stream And then she shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"
You know that death came a knockin’ on the preacher's door Singin' come on preacher, ain't you ready to go And my preacher stooped down, buckled up her shoes And she moved on down by the Jordan stream And then she shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"
You know that death came a knockin’ on my front door Singin' come on sister, ain't you ready to go So I stooped down, buckled my shoes And I move on down by the Jordan stream And then I shout "Hallelujah, done, done my duty, got on my travelin' shoes"