Sopranos: we, Altos/Tenros: we're gonna sing hallelujah All: when we get there.
Verse 1: When God's children, when we get together, oh what a time; we'll be rejoicing forevermore, we're gonna (sing, shout, praise God).
Chorus
Verse 2: When God's children, when we get together, oh what a time; we'll be rejoicing forevermore, we're gonna (tell the story) (how we got over), (trials, tribultations), (persecution and distress), (sing, shout, praise God).
Vamp 1: We will sing, we're gonna shout.
Vamp 2: Sing hallelujah, shout our troubles over.
Vamp 3: Up there, (no more crying there). Up there, (no more dying there) Up there, (no more burdens to bear), up there, up there.
Vamp 4: (Up there), no more crying there. (Up there), no more dying there. (Up there), no more burdens to bear, (up there) up there, (up there) up there.
Vamp 1
Vamp 2
Ending: Sopranos: we, Altos/Tenors:we're gonna sing hallelujah,