21 Aug 09 - 04:27 PM (#2705690) Subject: ADD: Take Your Burden to the Lord & Leave It There From: Joe Offer I think we need to know more about Washington Phillips. He introduced some wonderful songs. Here's one: TAKE YOUR BURDEN TO THE LORD AND LEAVE IT THERE (Charles Albert Tindley) [chorus] Leave it there, oh, leave it there Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there If you would trust Him and never doubt He would surely bring you out Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there Now, if the world from you withhold all its silver and its gold And you'll have to get along with meager fare (?) Just remember in God's words how He fed those little birds Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there Now, if your body suffers pain and your health you can't regain And you soul is almost sinkin' in despair Jesus knew the pain you feel He can save and He can heal Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there [chorus] If your enemy assails and your heart begin to fail Don't you forget that God in heaven will answer prayer He will make a way for you, He will guide you safely through Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there Now, if your useful days are gone and old age in stealing on And your body sinks beneath the weight of care Jesus will never leave you then, He'll go with you to the end Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there [chorus] Transcribed by ear from I Am Born to Preach the Gospel, Washington Phillips CD |
21 Aug 09 - 04:30 PM (#2705692) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Joe Offer Here's the list of songs on I Am Born to Preach the Gospel 1 I Am Born to Preach the Gospel 03:07 2 The Church Needs Good Deacons 03:00 3 I Had a Good Father and Mother 03:00 4 Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There 03:12 5 A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter 02:56 6 Paul and Silas in Jail 02:37 7 Denomination Blues, Pt. 1 03:02 8 Denomination Blues, Pt. 2 02:34 9 Lift Him Up That's All 03:29 10 Jesus Is My Friend 02:52 11 Mother's Last Word to Her Son 02:49 12 What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? 03:16 13 I've Got the Key to the Kingdom 03:03 14 Train Your Child 03:09 15 You Can't Stop a Tattler, Pt. 1 02:53 16 You Can't Stop a Tattler, Pt. 2 |
21 Aug 09 - 07:40 PM (#2705799) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Stewie Joe, Dale and I struggled over a transcription of 'Paul and Silas ...' in this thread CLICK and eventually came up with this: PAUL AND SILAS IN JAIL We must look, we must look, for Jesus to care for us 'Cos you ought to know, in Him, He is our only trust Whatever we desire, whenever we do pray We must have the faith and belief that He will do just what He says Old Paul and Silas in this Philippian jail they was both bound 'Cos [they did believe ] in Jesus they found Him close around When the dark hours of midnight, when everything was still Old Paul he whispered to Silas, said, 'Let us do Our Master's will' Old Silas he began singing, old Paul he entered in prayer Then heaven it got all stirred up and an angel met them there And the jail doors all flew open and the jailer thought they was all gone And he called for his sword for to kill hisself, but Paul said, 'Do thou self no harm' He sprung out in this floor and in a light he wanted them to gaze He replied to Paul and Silas, 'What shall I do to be saved' By Paul being one of Christ's children then, seeing the jailer woke up in a fright And he said that you must believe in my saviour Jesus Christ I'm going home, going home, going home on the morning train If I happen to make it too late, oh sure, Lord, it won't be my aim I'm sweeping up this old templed body, oh, in sincere prayer Oh the place they call heaven, I certainly want to go there --Stewie. |
21 Aug 09 - 08:06 PM (#2705813) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Bob the Postman Thanks for this thread, Joe. I sing Leave It There several times a month, at least, after cobbling together my own transcription from the Wahington Phillips record. As you can see from the link, it was composed by Rev. Charles Tindley, who, if I remember correctly, worked himself up from janitor to pastor of one of America's first mega-churches--he also wrote "By and by, when the morning comes", not a Phillips song but still, one which has helped me over many a rough patch. Another Washington Phillips song on my must-learn list is "Lift Him Up". I often sing along to the mp3 as I go about my rounds. |
21 Aug 09 - 08:12 PM (#2705818) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Joe Offer I used "Leave It There" in a sermon last year, and none of the Catholics I was preaching to had ever heard the song. They didn't know "Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling" either - but hey, they liked my sermons. Maybe I'm more folkie than Catholic... -Joe- |
21 Aug 09 - 08:15 PM (#2705820) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Bob the Postman Many mansions, Joe, many mansions. |
21 Aug 09 - 08:29 PM (#2705824) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Stewie Jim Dixon and Masato posted versions of 'What are they doing in heaven today?' in this thread: CLICK. Phillips' version has only minor departures from the Tindley original as posted by Jim. WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN HEAVEN TODAY? (Charles Albert Tindley) Spoken: What are they doing in heaven today? I don't know, boy, but it's my business to stay here and sing about it. Chorus: What are they doing in heaven today, Where sin and sorrow are all gone away? Peace abounds (it bounds) like the river, they say What are they doing there now? I'm thinking of friends whom I used to know Who lived and suffered in this world below. But they're gone up to heaven, but I want to know What are they doing there now? Chorus There's some whose hearts was burdened with care They paid (for) their moment through fighting and tears, But they clung to the cross with trembling and fear But what are they doing there now? Chorus There's some whose bodies was full of disease Their medicine and doctors couldn't give them much ease But they suffered until death brought a final release But what are they doing there now? Chorus There's some who was poor and often despised They looked up to heaven with tear-blinded eye While people was heedless and deaf to their cry But what are they doing there now? Chorus Washington was not much fussed by grammar. His pronunciation of the second word in line 2 of the penultimate stanza sounds like a mixture of 'citizen', 'medicine' and 'physician', but I reckon he was struggling to say 'medicine'. --Stewie. |
21 Aug 09 - 08:35 PM (#2705828) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Stewie Joe, Pat Conte's notes to the Yazoo CD of Phillips recordings indicate that Tindley was also the author of 'Take your burden ...' --Stewie.
-Joe- |
21 Aug 09 - 08:46 PM (#2705836) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Janie You are not going to believe this, Joe, but I was researching songs by Washington Phillips earlier this week and considered starting a thread. Glad to see you acted where I just thought. Janie |
21 Aug 09 - 08:51 PM (#2705840) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Janie Here is a rather wonderful piece of research. Seems researchers had the wrong Washington Phillips for awhile. exhuming the Legend of Washington Phillips |
21 Aug 09 - 08:56 PM (#2705844) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Janie And at lastfm , you can listen to darn near everything he recorded. "A Mother's Dying Words to Her Daughter" is the only one of his songs I do, but it is a favorite of mine and led me to search around for more. |
22 Aug 09 - 12:00 PM (#2706163) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Bob the Postman Dolceola thread |
22 Aug 09 - 12:12 PM (#2706175) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Ron Davies The songs--and the sound--are just wonderful. I used to sing several of the songs from his CD while walking to the Metro. every day. I'll have to relearn them. The controversy over the dulceola is also fascinating. |
22 Aug 09 - 12:35 PM (#2706190) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Bob the Postman Mother's Last Words in Digitrad |
23 Aug 09 - 02:29 AM (#2706424) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: GUEST,Jon Dudley Couldn't agree more about Washington Phillips. We were first turned on to him by the wonderfully talented Andy Cohen. Andy sings several of his songs and accompanies them on the Dolceola. I haven't visited the Doclceola thread but I remember Andy saying that the instrument was sold door-to-door and by mail order. They are extremely rare today, being regarded as somewhat ephemeral at the time but the sound seems a perfect accompaniment to Washington Phillips' songs...the album of archive recordings is highly recommended. STOP PRESS! Bugger, I just went to the Dolceola thread and it's all been said...never mind - Washington Phillips recordings remain absolutely captivating as does Andy Cohen, who has the virtue of still being with us...unlike WP! I just wish he'd come and tour over here in England. |
28 Aug 09 - 11:40 PM (#2711301) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: wysiwyg Anyone else run into bootleg trouble on an item purported to be Yazoo with Conte's rather poorly-written notes? We just received an unplayable "CD" that is actually a Blue Cross marketing CD-ROM, through an Amazon Marketplace shipper. I was especially interested in the "bonus" songs it purports to have-- do y'all's Yazoo CDs have those tracks (or was that part of the fraud)? ~S~ |
18 Nov 16 - 06:02 PM (#3821421) Subject: RE: Songs of Washington Phillips From: Thomas Stern Dust to Digital has just released a remastered CD of Washingto Phillips recordings with a BOOK presenting current research and ephemera. DtD Washington Phillips http://www.dust-digital.com/washington-phillips/ Thomas. |