One of my favorite songs. I just listened to terrific versions by Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch; Etta James; James And Martha Carson; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Ralph Stanley; Rev. B.C. Campbell and Congregation; Sally Van Meter, John Cowan & The Waybacks; Sister Shirley Sydnor; The Trumpeteers; and Los Hombres Calientes. Those are in my iTunes, I also listened to Mississippi John Hurt & some others streaming. It's one of my favorite songs to boom out when I'm riding my bike around town.
Some bright morning when my work is o'er
I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away.
[chorus:] I'll fly away, oh, Glory
I'll fly away
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away.
When the shadows of this life have gone,
I'll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,
I'll fly away.
[chorus]
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joy shall never end
I'll fly away
[chorus]