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Thread #26751   Message #323826
Posted By: Stewie
21-Oct-00 - 01:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hallelujah Side
Subject: Lyr Add: HALLELUJAH SIDE (Oatman & Oatman)
Here's a fine old sacred song that I couldn't find in the DT:

HALLELUJAH SIDE
(Johnson Oatman/J. Howard Oatman)

Once a sinner far from Jesus, I was perishing with cold
But the precious Saviour heard me when I cried
And he threw his robe around me and led me to the fold
And I'm living on the hallelujah side

Chorus:
Oh, glory be to Jesus, let the hallelujahs roll
Help me ring the saviour's praises far and wide
For I've opened up towards heaven all the windows of my soul
And I'm living on the hallelujah side

Though this world may sweep around me with her dazzle and her dreams
Yet I envy not her vanities and pride
For my soul looks up towards heaven where the golden sunlight gleams
And I'm living on the hallelujah side

Not for all earth's gold and millions would I leave this precious place
Though tempters to persuade me often tried
For I'm safe in God's pavilion, happy in his love and grace
And I'm living on the hallelujah side

Source: Transcription from Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers Vi 20224, recorded Camden NJ on 21 September 1926. Reissued on Ernest V. Stoneman and The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers 'Same' Rounder LP 1008.

PS.