There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up off the ground Well, there ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down Well, go down yonder, Gabriel Put your feet on the land and sea But Gabriel don't blow your trumpet Until you hear from me Well, I look way over yonder Seen people dressed in white I know it was God's people I seen 'em doin' right Well, I look way down the river And what do you think I've seen? I've seen a band of angels They're coming after me Well, there ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up off the ground Well, there ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down Well, I'm goin' to the river at Jordan Gonna kneel down in the sand Gonna holler high, "Hosanna" 'Til I reach that promised land Well, I look way over yonder And what do you think I've seen? I've seen a band of angels They're coming after me Well, meet me Jesus, meet me Well, meet me in the middle of the air And if these wings should fail me There won't be no other pair Well, there ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound Gonna get up off the ground Well, there ain't no grave Gonna hold my body down