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Text:Great Day!
Tune:[The chariot rode on the mountain top]
Adapter:Melva W. Costen
Arranger:Joseph T. Jones

445. Great Day!

Refrain:
Great day! Great day, the righteous marching,
Great day!
God's going to build up Zion's walls.

1 The chariot rode on the mountaintop,
God's going to build up Zion's walls.
My God spoke and the chariot did stop.
God's going to build up Zion's walls. Oh, (Refrain)

2 This is the day of Jubilee,
God's going to build up Zion's walls.
God shall set the people free.
God's going to build up Zion's walls. Oh, (Refrain)

Text Information
First Line: The chariot rode on the mountain top
Title: Great Day!
Refrain First Line: Great Day!
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Source: African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: [The chariot rode on the mountain top]
Arranger: Joseph T. Jones
Adapter: Melva W. Costen (1989)
Meter: Irregular
Key: D Major
Copyright: Adaptation © 1990 Melva W. Costen. All rights reserved. Used by permission.



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