Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Oh, when I hear that [bad word] sound
 I'm gonna get up out of this ground
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down

 Go down yonder, Gabriel
 Put your foot on the land and sea
 Oh, Gabriel, don't you blow your horn
 Until you hear from me

 I look way over yonder
 What do you think I see?
 I see a band of angels [bad word] after me

 And then I looked way down the river
 I saw the people dressed in white
 I knew it was God's people
 'Cause I saw them doing right

 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Oh, when I hear the [bad word] sound
 I'm gonna get up out of this ground
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down

 I'm going down to the River Jordan
 Gonna bury my knees in the sand
 Holler "Ah, Hosanna"
 Till I reach that promised land

 And when I look way over yonder
 What do you think I see?
 I see a band of angels
 And [bad word] after me

 So meet me, King Jesus, meet me
 Oh, won't You meet me in the middle of the air?
 If these wings should carry me
 I wouldn't need another pair

 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down
 Oh, when I hear the [bad word] sound
 I'm gonna get up out of this ground
 Ain't no grave gonna hold my body down