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Thread #52898   Message #1221928
Posted By: Joe Offer
09-Jul-04 - 02:10 AM
Thread Name: ADD: I'd Rather Be an Old Time Christian (Brumley)
Subject: ADD: I'd Rather Be an Old Time Christian
Here's the Brumley version, from a Brumley Publish songbook called the Best of Albert E. Brumley. Not much different from the Blake version that Giac posted.
-Joe Offer-

I'D RATHER BE AN OLD TIME CHRISTIAN
(Than Anything I Know)

(Albert E. Brumley, 1934)

In this world I've tried most everything
And I'm happy now to say
There is nothing like religion
In the good old-fashioned way
I am walking in the old-time way
And I want the world to know
That I'd rather be an old-time Christian (Lord)
Than anything I know.

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I'd rather be an old-time Christian (Lord)
Than anything I know.
There's nothing like an old-time Christian
With a Christian love to show.
I'm walking in the grand old highway
And I'm telling everywhere I go
That I'd rather be an old-time Christian (Lord)
Than anything I know.



There are many things I'd like to be
As my journey I pursue
I have longed to be a leader
Like a mortal man would do
I would like to be a millionaire
With a million to bestow
But I'd rather be an old-time Christian (Lord)
Than anything I know.

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All the world is bright since I got right
Now I sing and pray and shout
All my burdens have been lifted
Since the Savior brought me out
I will tell the world both far and near
As I travel here below
That I'd rather be an old time Christian (Lord)
Than anything I know.

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