oh you know that oh you know that you know that death came a knockin on my mother s door singin come on mother ain t ya ready to go and my mother stooped down buckled up her shoes and she moved on down by the jordan stream and then she shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes death came a knockin on my sister s door singin come on sister ain t ya ready to go and my sister stooped down buckled up her shoes and she moved on down by the jordan stream and then she shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes hey hey hey hey you know that death came a knockin on my brother s door singin come on brother ain t ya ready to go and my brother stooped down buckled up his shoes and he moved on down by the jordan stream and then he shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes you know when death came a knockin on my neighbor s door singin come on neighbor ain t ya ready to go and my neighbor stooped down buckled up his shoes and he moved on down by the jordan stream and then he shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes hey hey hey hey you know that death came a knockin on my preacher s door singin come on preacher ain t ya ready to go and my preacher stooped down buckled up his shoes and he moved on down by the jordan stream and then he shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes you know when death comes a knockin on my front door singin come on sister ain t ya ready to go i m gonna stoop right down buckle up my shoes and i ll move on down by the jordan stream and then i ll shout hallelujah done done my duty got on my travelin shoes 