The day will soon be over

voiceChorus: (Chorus) Collected by: Billie Lou Ratliff For: Mary C. Parler Name of singer: Mrs. Nona Franklin Address: Pettigrew, Arkansas Date: January 3, 1959 Reel 270 Item 5 DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH While walking out one evening Not knowing where to go, Just to pass the time away Before we held our show. I heard the bethel mission bell Singing with all their might, I gave my heart to Jesus And left the show that night. The day will soon be over And digging will be done, And no more gems be gathered So let us all press on. When Jesus comes to claim us And says it is enough, The diamonds will no longer Be shining in the rough. While reading through the Bible Some wondrous sights we see, We read of Peter, James and John By the sea of Galilae. And Jesus when he found them He found them very tough, But they were precious diamonds He gathered in the rough. The day will soon be over And digging will be done, And no more gems be gathered So let us all press on. When Jesus comes to claim us And says it is enough, The diamonds will be shining No longer in the rough.(Chorus) Collected by: Billie Lou Ratliff For: Mary C. Parler Name of singer: Mrs. Nona Franklin Address: Pettigrew, Arkansas Date: January 3, 1959 Reel 270 Item 5 (Cont’d) DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH (Continued) One day my precious comrades You, too, were lost in sin, I often sought your rescue And Jesus took you in. And when you were tired and tempted And suffered in rebuff, Don’t turn away in anger These diamonds in the rough. The day will soon be over And digging will be done, And no more gems be gathered So let us all press on. When Jesus comes to claim us And says it is enough, The diamonds will no longer Be shining in the rough.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation