“Hear that Rumbling”

Description

"(Hear/I heard) that (rumbling/lumbering) (up/down) in the (ground/sky)." With many variants and floating material, the listener is told to reform, asked to pray for the singer, admonished to wait for Jesus, etc.

References

  1. BrownIII 577, "Hear that Rumbling (I Heard a Mighty Rumbling)" (2 texts plus a fragment)
  2. Roud #11895
  3. BI, Br3577

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1920 (Brown)
Keywords: religious nonballad
Found in: US(SE)