I Dreamed That the Great Judgement Morning (2019 - Remaster) Songtext
von Hank Williams

It′s one of the first songs I think I ever learned
My grandmother taught me this song
Called "The great judgement morning"

I dreamed that the great judgement morning
Had dawned and the trumpet had blown
I dreamed that the nations had gathered
To judgement before the white throne

From the throne came a bright shining angel
And stood on the land and the sea
And swore with her hand raised to heaven
That time was no longer to be

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
They prayed, but their prayers were too late


The rich man was there, but his money
Had melted and vanished away
A pauper stood there in the judgment
His debts were too many to pay
The great man was there, but his greatness
When death came, was left far behind
The angel that opened the records
No trace of his greatness could find

The widow stood there and the orphans
God heard and remembered their cries
No sorrow in heaven forever
God wiped all the tears from their eyes

The gambler was there, and the drunkard
And they who had sold them the drink
With people who gave them the license
Together in hell they did sink

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
They prayed, but their prayers were too late

The mortal man to the judgment
But self-righteousness would not do
All the men who had crucified Jesus
Had passed off as mortal men, too


And the souls that had put off salvation
"Not tonight, I'll get saved by and by
No time now to think of religion"
But at last they′d found time to die

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
And they prayed, but their prayers were too late