Soon and Very Soon

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1 Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we are goin' to see the King!

2 No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we are goin' to see the King!

3 No more dyin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more dyin' there we are goin' to see the King,
No more dyin' there we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we are goin' to see the King!

4 Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
we’re are goin' to see the King!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

Source: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #691

Author: Andraé Crouch

Born in San Francisco on July 1, 1942, and raised in Los Angeles, Andraé Edward Crouch was the son of bivocational-pastor parents Benjamin and Catherine Crouch. He has recounted that he received the gift of music as a child, when his father was called as a guest preacher and pastoral candidate to a small rural church that had no musicians. He began playing for them at the age of 11. He wrote his first gospel song at 14, and formed his first band, the COGICS, in 1960. In 1965 he formed The Disciples, which lasted until 1979, and as a protegé of Audrey Mieir, Ralph Carmichael, and other leading Contemporary Christian Music artists of the time, went on to win a total of nine Grammies, and numerous other awards. He wrote his first well-kn… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Title: Soon and Very Soon
Author: Andraé Crouch (1976)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Hallelujah
Notes: Polish translation: See "Wnet Nadejdzie dzień" translated in "Śpiewnik TE Dzięgielów 1983"; Spanish translation: "Pronto y sin tardar" by George Lockwood
Copyright: © 1976, Bud John Songs, Inc./Crouch Music/ASCAP

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