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Millennial Harp 62

Don't You See My Jesus Coming

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1Don't you see my Jesus coming! See him come in yonder cloud,

2with ten thousand angels round him,How they do my Jesus crowd.

3I am bound for the kingdom,Will you go to glory with me.

4Hal-lelujah,O Hallelujah,I'm bound for the kingdom,will

5you go to glory with me,Hallelujah,O praise ye the Lord.

Also sung to
Don't You See My Jesus Coming (SDA Hymnal #454)

The verse

Meter
15
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Don't you see my Jesus coming! See him come in yonder cloud,/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A

Verse 2

with ten thousand angels round him,How they do my Jesus crowd.˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/15A

Verse 3

I am bound for the kingdom,Will you go to glory with me.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘15A

Verse 4

Hal-lelujah,O Hallelujah,I'm bound for the kingdom,will/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘16A

Verse 5

you go to glory with me,Hallelujah,O praise ye the Lord.˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/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.