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Thread #93754   Message #2990868
Posted By: Bob the Postman
21-Sep-10 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Gospel song 'The Welcome Table'
Subject: RE: Origins: Gospel song 'The Welcome Table'
Here is a bluegrass-style voice and guitar href="http://toneway.com/songs/im-gonna-eat-at-the-welcome-table">audio clip of this song.

There is an outstanding harmonica and voice rendition on Revenant Records' release "American Primitive Vol. 1 Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)" by
Jaybird Coleman.

I originally heard Coleman's rendering of the line "I'm gonna sit at the side of King Jesus" as "I'm gonna sit outside with King Jesus" and wondered why Jesus would be sitting outside. Then I figured it out--obviously, he was enjoying a cigarette. There'll be no second-hand smoke in that holy city fair.