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Thread #38683   Message #544959
Posted By: wysiwyg
07-Sep-01 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: The Carter Family, 1927 Victo
Subject: Lyr Add: RIVER OF JORDAN (Louvin Brothers)
Better yet, here is a Mudcat discussion with the lyrics for Wandering Boy:CLICK!

THIS has info on "River of Jordan" but not your version...

Is this it?

~S~

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RIVER OF JORDAN
As recorded by The Louvin Brothers on “Satan is Real,” 1960.

To the river of Jordan, our Savior went one day,
And we read that John the Baptist met him there.
And when John baptized Jesus in Jordan's rushing water,
The mighty power of God filled the air.

CHORUS: I'm on my way (to the river of Jordan).
Gonna wade right in (in the rushing water).
I’m going down (I’m going down) to the river of Jordan,
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul.

King Naaman was stricken with dreaded leprosy,
And he sent for the man of God to pray,
But Elijah said to Naaman: “Go dip yourself in Jordan,
And let the cool waters wash your spots away.”

CHORUS: So he went right down (to the river of Jordan).
He waded right in (in the rushing water).
He dipped himself (he dipped himself) in the river of Jordan,
And the cool waters made him whole.

The river of Jordan is many miles away,
And this mighty river I may never see,
But I'll find myself an altar in an old-fashioned church,
And my river of Jordan that will be.

CHORUS: Well, I'm on my way (to the river of Jordan).
Gonna wade right in (in the rushing waters).
I’m going down (I’m going down) to the river of Jordan
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul. REPEAT CHORUS


SH