Yes, yes... and yes.

"Oh happy day, Oh happy day
   When Jesus washed (3 times)
   Oh happy day (2 times)

He taught me how to watch
Watch and pray
And live rejoicing ev- every day, every day

Pretty simple words. I still have my 45 rpm of the song by the Edwin Hawkins singers. The Men's Chorus where I sing does the song, pretty much with the same arrangement as Edwin Hawkins, but the lead singer does an even more exciting job on it.. at least my wife and I think so, and we both love the Edwin Hawkins version. The Men's chorus isn't as good, musically but they more than make up for it with their exuberance.

The version we did last night has the feel more of Ahmad Jamal, the jass pianist, if you remember him doing The In Crowd and Wade In the Water. The lead "vocal" is done by the piano, and we make the response. Very, very exciting. The pianist's name is Christian Sands, and he has a couple of cds out... going to see if I can find them at amazon.com and pick one up. He's a young kid who is gaining a national reputation in the jazz world. May still be a teenager.

Jerry