Banquet Table – American traditional (The Great Assembly), verses by Curtis Teague. SheetMusic(pdf) Sung by Curtis & Loretta on ”Just My Heart For You.”
Oh brother now get ready
To be present on that day
Saints and angels from all nations will be there
We will go to meet the bridegroom
In the old books we are told
To that royal wedding feast we all shall go
When we meet at that banquet table
What a feast there is prepared
We will all don our wedding garments
We'll all sit down together up in the air
Oh sister now get ready
To be present at that gate
Will you enter in and walk the streets of gold?
It's a land of milk and honey
In the old books we are told
To that royal wedding feast we all shall go
Oh people now get ready
For the water's turned to wine
We shall share the many fishes and the loaves
Oh there's manna there in heaven
In the old books we are told
To that royal wedding feast we all shall go
Oh children now get ready
For the table is prepared
All nations are invited friend and foe
There the peacemakers shall gather
In the old books we are told
To that royal wedding feast we all shall go
“I learned this song from banjo player Billy Faier on the mall in downtown Santa Cruz in 1977. Billy only knew one verse and the chorus. I’ve never found the song anywhere else, so I wrote some more verses”- Curtis Teague.
Sung by Billy Faier With John Sebastian And Gilles Malkine - The Great Assembly - Trad. Mp3 Download
"I guess you could say THE GREAT ASSEMBLY is my signature song. I sing it whenever I perform. And when things really look bad in my life and I wonder what its all about and why am I here, I tell myself that my purpose in life is to keep THE GREAT ASSEMBLY alive. I never heard it before I heard Will Calvin sing it. John Herald would come up and sing it with me when I was performing, and he recorded it with the Greenbriar Boys. I have recorded it two or three times. But I have never heard any other recordings of it. Have you?" Billy Faier
For interested parties, here are the words:
There will be a great assembly over on the streets of gold
That the sinful here on Earth will never know
We will go to meet the Bridegroom, in the Bible we are told
To that royal wedding feast we all shall go
Chorus: When we meet at that banquet table
What a feast He will prepare
We will all adorn our wedding garments
And meet Jesus in the air
They will come from all the Universe, the prophets of our Lord
To be present on that royal wedding day
When the sinners hear the judgement of His everlasting Word
In a moment they will all be caught away
O brother now get ready to be present on that day
Saints and angels from all nations will be there
There will be no more sad parting and no more we'll preach and pray
But rejoice in all the saints and angels fair