The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82428 Message #1509991
Posted By: John M.
26-Jun-05 - 01:39 AM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Give Me That Old Time Religion' Parody
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Give Me That Old Time Religion' Parody
The link you provide only traces the song to the early 1970s. My informant learned this in ~1963 and it was an college song among the "free thinker" types.
Lets see if we can find people who learned this earlier than 1963.