Ruthie Foster Follow

oh, you know that, oh, you know that

you know that death came a-knocking on my mother's door
singing "Come on mother, ain't cha ready to go?"
and my mother stooped down, buckled up her shoes
and she moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then she shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes."

death came a-knocking on my Sister's door
singing "Come on sister, ain't you ready to go?"
and my Sister stooped down, buckled up her shoes
and she moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then she shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes."

hey, hey, hey, hey

I know that death came a-knocking on my brother's door
singing "Come on brother, ain't cha ready to go?"
and my brother stooped down, buckled up his shoes
and he moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then he shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes."

you know when death came a-knocking on my neighbor's door
singing "Come on neighbor, ain't cha ready to go?"
and my neighbor stooped down, buckled up his shoes
and he moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then he shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes."

hey, hey, hey, hey,

you know that death came a-knocking my preacher's door
singing "Come on preacher, ain't you ready to go?"
and my preacher stooped down, buckled up his shoes
and he moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then he shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes."

you know when death comes knocking at my front door
singing "Come on sister, ain't you ready to go?"
I'm gonna stoop right down, buckle up my shoes
gonna moved on down by the Jordan stream
and then I'll shout "Halleluia! da, done my duty!
Got on my traveling shoes..."