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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