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Thread #108616 Message #2650556
Posted By: GUEST,WSelover
07-Jun-09 - 10:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There are no flies on Jesus
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There are no flies on Jesus
In the L.A. Times today, there is a reprint of an 1889 article concerning the simultaneous booking of a minstrel show and Salvation Army band concert in the same hall. The unknown author quotes the hall manager as telling the minstrel leader, "The army will be there in force, and when your first part opens up tonight the army will sing --
'There are no flies on Jesus; There's two or three on you and me, But there are no flies on Jesus.'
"The audience will be delighted, and we'll capture the town."