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Text:I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
Transcriber (stanza 4):Mary Allen Grissom
Tune:WELCOME TABLE

801. I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table

1 I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days.

2 God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days. Hallelujah!
God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days.

3 I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days.

4 I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days.

Text Information
First Line: I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
Title: I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
Transcriber (stanza 4): Mary Allen Grissom
Meter: Irregular
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Communion; Eternal Life; Gathering (7 more...)
Source: African American spiritual (USA); stanzas 1–3 as recorded by the Florida Normal and Industrial Quartette (USA), 1922; stanza 4 transcr. Mary Allen Grissom (USA), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, 1930
Tune Information
Name: WELCOME TABLE
Meter: Irregular
Key: G Major
Source: African American spiritual



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