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When I Wake Up to Sleep No More

By:Marion W. Easterling · Source Recording: Ralph Stanley and Friends (1998)

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What a glad thought some wonderful morning
Just to hear Gabriel's trumpet sound
When I wake up (when I wake up)
To sleep no more (to sleep no more)
Rising to meet our blessed redeemer
With a glad shout I'll leave the ground
When I wake up (when I wake up)
To sleep no more (to sleep no more)

When I wake up (some glad morning)
To sleep no more (jewels adorning)
Oh happy I'll be (over in glory)
On the beautiful shore ( telling the story)
With the redeemed of all the ages
Praising the one whom I adore
When I wake up (when I wake up)
To sleep no more (to sleep no more)

Glory to God I'll have a new body
Changed in the twinkling of an eye
When I wake up (when I wake up)
To sleep no more (to sleep no more)
Leaving behind all troubles and trials
Bound for the city up on high
When I wake up (when I wake up)
To sleep no more (to sleep no more)

Key A Time 4/4

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By:Marion W. Easterling · Source Recording:Ralph Stanley and Friends (1998)

Song Details

Also Known As

When I Wake to Sleep No More

Songwriter

Marion W. Easterling

First Release

The Coffey Family (1960)

Genres

Contemporary Bluegrass Gospel

Themes

Faith/Praise Death and Mourning

Jam Popularity

History

“When I Wake Up to Sleep No More” is a gospel song written by Marion Easterling. It has been recorded many times by bluegrass and southern gospel artists and has become a fixture of the bluegrass gospel repertoire.

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Source Recording

Artist

Ralph Stanley and Friends

Album

Clinch Mountain Country cover

Clinch Mountain Country (1998)

Key A Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 93 BPM Length 2:25

Musicians

Ralph Stanley — Lead Vocals
James Alan Shelton — Guitar
John Rigsby — Mandolin
Steve Sparkman — Banjo
James Price — Fiddle
Jack Cooke — Bass
David Marshall — Backup Vocals
Judy Marshall — Backup Vocals
Ralph Stanley II — Guitar

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