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Thread #58418   Message #924921
Posted By: Ebbie
02-Apr-03 - 09:06 PM
Thread Name: writing words to established tunes
Subject: RE: writing words to established tunes
I love gospel songs and have no problem with that but - There's an old Reno and Smiley song that I like to pick- and would like to sing, but the tune is just W A Y too perky and happy. It's called 'The Lord's Last Supper' and unless you know the song, you'd never guess the subject.

For instance, the chorus goes:

He knew the time had come to die to free the world
The world he loved, so lost in sin
The precious promise that he left for you and me
I go but soon I'll come again.

One of these times I'm going to write a different song for it, I swear.