Lyr Req: The Pale Horse and His Rider (Roy Acuff)

Subject: Pale horse
From: kendall
Date: 18 Apr 00 - 10:08 PM

Back in the 40's Roy Acuff recorded a song called "when the pale horse and his rider go by." anyone know it? It's not in the dt.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE PALE HORSE AND HIS RIDER
From: GUEST,Ed Pellow
Date: 19 Apr 00 - 06:41 AM

THE PALE HORSE AND HIS RIDER
Words and music by Johnny Bailes, Ervin Staggs, Zeke Clements and Kitty Wells

Listen, poor sinner: you're driftin' away
From the dear Saviour who's pleading today.
What will you do when the Saviour ain't nigh,
When the pale horse and his rider go by?

The time now ain't long when the Saviour will come.
Then you'll be judged by the deeds you have done.
On that judgment day, you'll weep and you'll cry
When the pale horse and his rider go by.

When that trumpet sounds on the sinners below,
Not even the angels in heaven will know.
Then's when you'll wish you had Jesus nigh,
When the pale horse and his rider go by.

Won't you redeem your poor wicked soul?
You can't pay your way with silver and gold.
If you're not saved, you'll be lost in the night
When the pale horse and his rider go by.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pale horse
From: kendall
Date: 19 Apr 00 - 09:22 AM

Thats the one...thanks a lot.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pale horse
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Apr 00 - 12:38 PM

My thanx, too. I'd completely forgotton that one--and it's a good 'un.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Pale Horse and His Rider (Roy Acu
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 01:02 PM

I also found this song in Bluegrass Unlimited, Volume 10. However, it has a different third verse:


Soften your heart and turn from all sin.
Jesus is waiting to welcome you in.
There's coming a time you'll wish he was nigh,
When the pale horse and his rider go by.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Pale Horse and His Rider (Roy Acuff)
From: Gene
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 08:15 PM

A reminder to the longtime Mudcatters and to New Comers to Mudcat -

Another great source of lyrics & chords is: The Cowpie Corral

http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/h/hank-williams/pale-horse-and-his-rider-crd

G

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Pale Horse and His Rider (Roy Acuff)
From: Kent Davis
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 08:22 PM

Some might wonder about the source of the "pale horse" reference in the Roy Acuff song. It comes from REVELATION 6:8, "And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth" (English Standard Version).

Kent