613
And Must I Be to Judgment Brought?
Jackson DESO -213-14 includes the whole song, attributing the
text to Charles Wesley. He indicates that it was printed in Walk-
er's Christian Harmony (1866), which was a popular hymn book
in the South.
From Mrs. Maude M. Sutton, Lenoir; undated. One stanza with chorus
in Dr. I')r(iwn's hand, as taken from Mrs. Sutton.
And must I be to judgment brougbt.
And answer in tbat day.
For every idle deed and tbougbt.
And every word I say?
CJiorus:
We are passing away, we are passing away,
We are passing away, to the great judgment day.
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613
And Must I Be to Judgment Brought?
'And Must I Be to Judgment Brought?' Sung by Ephraim Stamey, Altamont,
Avery county, July 14, 1940. This version has no chorus like that given in
III 653. For additional texts cf. ASoWS 120; DESO 152; this, like the
other Jackson version quoted in III, is also attributed to Charles Wesley, but
has a different chorus.
F-S26
And — must I be to judg - ment brought, And
an - swerthat- day, For ev - 'ry die
deed and thought, And ev - 'ry word I say?
Scale : Hexachordal. Tonal Center : g. Structure : abed (2,2,2,2) ; there is a
slight relation between a and c. The tonal center is the lowest tone.