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Better Day A Coming/There's A Better Day A Coming/I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired
Traditional Spiritual- Gospel;
ARTIST: "Gospel Christian Singers" Catch the Air: A Cappella Jubilee & Gospel in Global Village
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: probably 1700s; 1847 Narrative of William W. Brown
RECORDING INFO: Better Day A Coming
Michel LaRueby. "American Negro Songs from Slavery Times" 1960
RELATED TO: "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin' " lyrics
In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'- Harry Belafonte
There's a better day a coming,
fare thee well, fare thee well.
Yes there's a better day a coming,
fare thee well, fare thee well.
OTHER NAMES: "There's A Better Day A Coming"
SOURCES: Edward A. Pollard's book entitled "Black Diamond" published in 1859.
NOTES: "Better Day A Coming" or "Better Day a Coming, Bye and Bye" is a spiritual from the Gospel Christian Singers on Catch the Air: A Cappella Jubilee & Gospel Global Village in 1989. It's related "Better Day A Coming" as sung by Michel LaRue in his "American Negro Songs from Slavery Times" 1960. It's more aligned to the "Bye and Bye" songs (See: "By and By" Lomax).
[excerpt] Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave. Boston 1847:
There's a better day a coming,
Will you go along with me?
There 's a better day a coming,
Go sound the jubilee!
This essential excerpt has become the foundation for the current "Better Day A Coming" and "I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired" songs. Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) arranged "I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired" and it was copyrighted in 1917 by G. Ricordi & Company. Burleigh's arrangement is essentially sung by Michel LaRueby. Rev. James Cleveland and others have arranged updated versions of "I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired."
I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired- Traditional spiritual, arranged by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) ©1917 G. Ricordi & Co.
I am seekin’ for a city,
Hallelujah,
I am seekin’ for a city!
Hallelu.
For a city into de Hebben,
Hallelujah,
For a city into de Hebben,
Hallelu.
Lord I don’t feel no-ways tired childaren!
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
For I hope to shout glory when dis worl’ is on fire chillen,
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
Dere’s a better day a-comin’,
Hallelujah,
Dere’s a better day a-comin’,
Hallelu.
When I leave dis worl’ ob sorrow,
Hallelujah,
For to jine de holy number,
Hallelu.
Lord I don’t feel no-ways tired childaren!
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
For I hope to shout glory when dis worl’ is on fire chillen,
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
Better Day A Coming- Michel LaRue 1960 (vocal with hand claps)
CHORUS: There's a better day coming
Hallelujah
A better day coming
Hallelu
CHORUS:
Oh we don't feel no ways tired
Oh, children Hallelujah!
Oh we'll all shout glory when this world's on fire
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
Oh we don't feel no ways tired
Oh, glory Hallelujah!
We will all shout freedom when this world's on fire
[Hums melody]
CHORUS: There's a better day coming
Hallelujah.
There's a better day coming
Hallelu
Gospel Christian Singers- Better Day a Coming Catch the Air: A Cappella Jubilee & Gospel Global Village 1989
There's better day a coming bye and bye
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
And we gonna have a good time, oh then
bye an' bye.
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
I'm goona meet my lovin' mother over in, bye and bye
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
And we gonna have a good time, oh then
bye an' bye.
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
We gonna have a good time, oh then
bye an' bye.
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
Glory hallelujah children bye and bye
When we reach that city
way up in the sky
All my trouble will be over
And I'll be hope at last
Better day a coming, bye and and bye
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