Cantate Domino ‎#105

105. My Lord calls me

1 Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus;
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.
My Lord, calls me,
He calls me by the thunder,
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away.

2 Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus;
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.
Green trees are bending,
Poor sinner stands a-trembling;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

3 Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus;
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.
Tombstones are bursting,
Poor sinner stands a-trembling;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

4 Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus;
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.
My Lord calls me
He calls me by the lightning;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul,
I ain't got long to stay here.

Text Information

• First Line: My Lord calls me
• Refrain First Line: Steal away, steal away
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1960
• Topic: Christian Hope; Christliche Hoffnung; Espérance chrétienne

Tune Information

• Name: [My Lord calls me]
• Transcriber: R. Nathaniel Dett
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: American Negro Folk Song
• Copyright: Adapted from R. Nathaniel Dett's "Religious Folk Songs of the Negro," published with the kind permission of the HamptonInstitute Press, Virginia
• Notes: Now Public Domain