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Thread #99510   Message #1996780
Posted By: Goose Gander
14-Mar-07 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: This Old Time Religion (Spiritual/Gospel)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Old Time Religion (Old Gospel)
Tattlers Wagon as sung by Mr. Ed Stilley, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on May 1, 1958 from the Max Hunter collection has some verses from Old Time Religion, poking fun at holier-than-thou, gossiping hypocrites . . .

Well, I was going thru and tattling as I went
But going thru like that, you know
It isn't worth a cent
I'd talk about my neighbors
They'd give me tattle too
And then we'd go to church an' sing
T'is the old time religion
T'is the old time religion
It's good enough for me
(VERSE 2)

We'd back our wagons up
And get another load
And just as soon as we could go
We'd start on tattlers road
And when we met a passerby
We'd stop and fret and spew
Then dump some poison out and sing
Makes me love everybody
Makes me love everybody
Makes me love everybody
It's good enough for me
(VERSE 5)

Tattlers Wagon also pulls in verses from other hymns: Sweet By and By, When We All Get to Heaven, I'm Going Through, and I Believe Jesus Saves