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lutheranhymns) wrote2019-11-20 10:10 pm
lutheranhymns) wrote2019-11-20 10:10 pm
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#439: Soon and Very Soon
How's the Shannon density?
Very low. This isn't just a "zipper song," it's also "final verse same as the first."
Is it a case of "trailing alleluias"?
Technically no. The refrain (for the first three verses) is "hallelujah, hallelujah, we're goin' to see the King!" But the last refrain is a coda with a bunch of Hallelujahs and no mention of the King stuff.
Are the apostrophes an awkward transcription of a folk song in an attempt to sound dialectal?
No! Andraé Crouch was a 20th-century gospel musician, this was written in the 1970s.
Very low. This isn't just a "zipper song," it's also "final verse same as the first."
Is it a case of "trailing alleluias"?
Technically no. The refrain (for the first three verses) is "hallelujah, hallelujah, we're goin' to see the King!" But the last refrain is a coda with a bunch of Hallelujahs and no mention of the King stuff.
Are the apostrophes an awkward transcription of a folk song in an attempt to sound dialectal?
No! Andraé Crouch was a 20th-century gospel musician, this was written in the 1970s.