Chariot's Coming"- Raymond Raspberry Singers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuBhSWvQqpQ&feature=related

Summary statement by video poster: Rowoches;
February 23, 2009

"This is a good example of why people considered the Raspberry Singers the male versions of the Clara Ward Singers. Carl Hall, lead (soprano)".


Soloist: Oooh, Good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news chariot comin.
Group: And I don't want it
to leave me behind.

Soloist: I've got good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news chariot comin.
Group: And I don't want it
to leave me behind
Soloist: I heard the voice of Jesus say
Group: come unto me and rest.
Soloist: Lay down thy weary one lay down
Group: thy head upon My breast.

[chorus]
Soloist: Ooooh, Good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news, chariot comin.
Soloist: Good news
Group: Good news chariot comin.
Group: And I don't want it
to leave me behind.

Soloist: Our beloved [?]Father up in heaven
Group: Hallowed be Thy name
Soloist: Thy kingdom come. Let your will be done
Group: And everything be the same. [?]

[chorus]

Soloist: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Group: that saved a wrench like me.
Soloist: Ooooh, I once was lost but now I'm found.
Group: Was blind but now I see.

[chorus]

Soloist: Lord let me ride in Your love.
Group: Lord let me ride.
Soloist: Keep walkin by my side
Group: Keep walkin by my side
Soloist : till I reach my home on high.
Group: I reach my home on high.
Soloist: Gotta live right everyday.
Group: Gotta live right everyday.
Soloist: Keep walkin in the holy way.
Group: Keep walkin in the holy way.
Soloist: Oooooh
Group: Oh ,Lord let me ride.
Soloist: Oooooh
Group: Oh, Lord let me ride
Soloist: Oooooh
Group: Keep walkin by my side.
Soloist: Oooooh
Group : till I reach my home on high.
Soloist: Good news chariot comin
Group: and I don't want it to leave me behind.
Soloist: Oh ,Lord let me ride.
Group: Oh, Lord let me ride
Soloist: In your love
Group: In your love
Soloist: Keep walking by my side
Group: Keep walking by my side.
Soloist : till I reach my home on high.
Group: I reach my home on high.

[Repeat other verses of this song]

-snip-

This is an uptempo version of this song that is sung by a male choir.

Here's one posted comment by a viewer of this video:
...those fasetto notes are truly electrifying. I didn't know Bro. Carl Hall could get it like that, Wow!! I have a new found respect for the Rasberry Singers!!! Great gospel legends!!
-"PurpleSnowman29"

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This song is an example of a call & response style in which the group often begins singing their lines before the soloist finishes singing his or her lines.

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Notice that the Rasberry Singers are considered to be a gospel group. While "Good News, Chariot Comin" originated as a spiritual, this is a gospel version of that spiritual.

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I didn't find any online informational pages about the Raymond Rasberry Singers. However from this
Wikipedia page about the soloist Call Hall, it appears that the Raymond Rasberry Singers recorded gospel songs in the 1960s on the Savoy Record label.