PACKED UP, PRAYED UP, READY TO GO
Written and performed by Jennifer Prince
HIT SONG IN THE MUSICAL COMEDY
“THE WAFFLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL”
When I was just a little girl
My grandma was well known
To go ‘round to the churches
And she’d take me along
Before the preacher started
And in between the songs
She’d rise up testifying
In a voice loud and strong.
She’d raise her hand to Heaven
And praise His Holy Name
She’d thank HIM for being there
In her joy and in her pain
And then she’d take a look around her
At the heads hung down in shame
And tell ‘em, “You better get right with Jesus
And get on board that train!”
You gotta get packed up, prayed up, and ready to go
The Lord is comin’
You gonna reap what you sow
Why it says in the Good Book
He’ll wash your sins white as snow
You gotta get packed up and prayed up and ready to go
Grandma testified until her dying day
She wanted everybody walkin’
On the straight and narrow way
So when the undertaker asked us
If we had anything to say
We said, “Just put it on her tombstone!”
And she still testifies today.
You gotta get packed up, prayed up, and ready to go
The Lord is comin’
You gonna reap what you sow
Well it says in the Good Book
He’ll wash your sins white as snow
You gotta get packed up and prayed up and ready to go.
You gotta get packed up, prayed up and ready to go
The Lord is comin’
You gonna reap what you sow
Now it says in the Good Book
He’ll wash your sins white as snow
You gotta get packed up and prayed up
And rea- – -dy, to go- o – o – o – o – o – o – – – -!