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Christ in Song 720

Jesus Is Coming Again

Words: J. LuxMusic: J. Lux

1Lift up the trum-pet, and loud let it ring; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!
Cheer up, ye pil-grims, be joy-ful and sing; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!

RefrainJe-sus is com-ing a-gain, Je-sus is com-ing a-gain,
Com-ing in pow-er and love to reign; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!

2Ech-o it, hills and ye val-leys pro-claim; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!
Ocean and earth tell the won-der-ful name; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!

3Com-ing a-gain, com-ing a-gain, Pos-si-bly morn-ing, or noon, or at night;
Com-ing a-gain, com-ing a-gain, O what a won-der-ful, glo-ri-ous sight!

Words: J. Lux
Music: J. Lux

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter: 17.17
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme: AA

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Lift up the trum-pet, and loud let it ring; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!/˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘˘/17A

Cheer up, ye pil-grims, be joy-ful and sing; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!/˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/17A

Verse 2

Ech-o it, hills and ye val-leys pro-claim; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!/˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/17A

Ocean and earth tell the won-der-ful name; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!/˘˘//˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/17A

Verse 3

Com-ing a-gain, com-ing a-gain, Pos-si-bly morn-ing, or noon, or at night;/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/18A

Com-ing a-gain, com-ing a-gain, O what a won-der-ful, glo-ri-ous sight!/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/18A

Refrain

Je-sus is com-ing a-gain, Je-sus is com-ing a-gain,/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/14A

Com-ing in pow-er and love to reign; Je-sus is com-ing a-gain!/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/16A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.