Long before morning, without a warning Annie came calling to little Lousia Wearing the moonlight, but wanting the sunlight She stood at her bedside and poured out her heart Get up and tell Mama all that I said 'Cause I can't move ahead Unless I can get a white a dress Charlotte O'Grady, a dear-hearted lady She's seen nearly eighty years coming and going One night while she's dreaming He mother comes pleading Saying: Charlotte, I'm needing your help to move on Now don't wait for nothing That moment it's day, take up my name And see that I get a white dress Mothers and daughters are shedding a tear Heaven's rejoicing as Jesus draws near And it's like this They're getting their white dress In Wichita, Kansas, Nettie and Francis Bow over breakfast to start off the day When the voice of the Spirit pays them a visit And says it's time to get with it There's family to save Your fathers and mothers are biding their time They're waiting for you To help them get dressed up in white Well, Nettie and Francis are filled with desire They're searching through records and feeling the fire And after each name's acquired It's up to God's mountain where white is applied And he in his robes and she in her gown They're doing their best to turn it around And they won't rest Till all are in white dress Walking with Jesus in white Wearing their white dress Before the Lord's coming Elijah's been stirring And fathers are turning to you And to me