SDA Hymnal 454
Don't You See My Jesus Coming?
Words: TraditionalMusic: TraditionalTune: DON'T YOU SEE MY JESUS COMINGIrregular
1Don't you see my Jesus coming,
See Him come in yonder cloud?
With ten thousand angels round Him,
How they do my Jesus crowd!
RefrainI am bound for the kingdom,
Will you go to glory with me?
Hallelujah! O praise ye the Lord!
2Don't you see the saints ascending,
Hear them shouting thro' the air,
Je-sus smiling, trumpets sounding,
Now His glory they shall share.
- Words
- Traditional
- Music
- Traditional
- Meter
- Irregular
- Scripture
- Matthew 24:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 1:7
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 88% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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Verse 1
Don't you see my Jesus coming,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
See Him come in yonder cloud?/˘/˘/˘/7B
With ten thousand angels round Him,˘//˘/˘/˘8C
How they do my Jesus crowd!/˘˘˘/˘/7B
Verse 2
Don't you see the saints ascending,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Hear them shouting thro' the air,/˘/˘/˘/7B
Je-sus smiling, trumpets sounding,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Now His glory they shall share./˘/˘˘˘/7B
Refrain
I am bound for the kingdom,˘˘/˘˘/˘7A
Will you go to glory with me?˘˘/˘/˘˘˘8B
Hallelujah! O praise ye the Lord!/˘/˘˘//˘/9C
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.