From the number of past threads mentioning people's love for this song, it seems this is yet another of those widely-known lovelies I had never heard before-- so much music, so little time, so late starting! *G* Anyway this song has me in JUST GOTTA mode, and as a hymn.

So! Mudcatters! Ever hear it done as an alternative version with hymn lyrics? Cuz I wrote some, but... maybe there are some already out there... and... oh I JUST GOTTA do this one in church SOON.

And have you ever been to an old camp meeting or convention like this song evokes? If so, can I pick your brain?

(Thanks to Irish sergeant for infecting me with it. And yes, I did see what there was to see about how it came to be as a Civil War song-- if there is more about it in that vein perhaps that information would go better in one of the past threads about Civil War songs?)

~Susan