No. 241 Morning Trumpet, Osh 85
Hexatonic, mode 2 A (I II 3 IV V — 7)
O when shall I see Jesus
And reign with him above,
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love,
And shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning.
Shout O glory, for I shall mount above the skies
When I hear the trumpet sound in that morning.
This is one of the best examples of the revival spiritual song. It has the John Leland words of matchless popularity in the southern song region, a refrain in clarion tones, a chorus with rare swing, and a primeval melodic mode.
For a negro version and the black man’s story of the song’s source see White Spirituals, pp. 254-255. Found also SOH (1854) 195, SOC 111, HOC 99. Further stanzas of the text are given under ‘Faithful Soldier’. A later and simplified version of ‘Morning Trumpet’ is ‘To Hear the Trumpet Sound’ in this collection.