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Thread #116137 Message #2514032
Posted By: Richie
12-Dec-08 - 10:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE'LL BE JOY, JOY, JOY
There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy is a spiritual usually known as "In My Father's House." It was recorded first by the Four Wanderers in 1929. A version (In My Father's House) is printed in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p483.
A version titled "There'll Be No Liars There" was recorded in 1927 by the Hickory Nuts. If anyone has any versions please post one for comparison.
THERE'LL BE JOY, JOY, JOY- Carter Family 1934
There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
We will all be happy there Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house We will all be happy there Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There'll be no drunkards there Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be no drunkards there Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
Don't you want to go up there Up to my father's house Up to my father's house Up to my father's house Don't you want to go up there Up to my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
We will all be as one Up in my father's house Up in my father's house We will all be as one Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Where there's peace, wonderful peace