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Thread #53920   Message #836788
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
28-Nov-02 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop
Subject: RE: Jerry R's 'Black/White Gospel Workshop
Hi, Wilco:

O.k., some examples in addition to the one that WYSIWYG gave:

"My hand got stuck on the gospel plow
I won't take nothing for my journey now"

"The Jordan River is chilly and cold
It chills the body but not the soul"

And you can make up your own, Wilco. When I sing the lead on I'm Just Waiting on Jesus, while the guys are repeating "I'm going to wait on him," I do:

"You can talk about me
Just as much as you please (another common phrase)
I'm going to wait on the Lord
Down on knees"

Or you can take familiar biblical Scripture:

"Those who wait ..... I'm going to wait
On the Lord............I'm going to wait
Their strength.........I'm going to wait
Will be renewed........I'm going to wait
They shall mount up....I'm going to wait
On wings like eagles...I'm going to wait
They shall run.........I'm going to wait
And never get weary....I'm going to wait

And then I added:

You can move mountains.I'm going to wait
Or part the sea........I'm going to wait
Just wait on the man...I'm going to wait
From Gallilee...........I'm going to wait

There's a CD in the mail of us doing this, so you can sing along and feel the rhtyhm.

When I was first asked to sing a lead and improvise, I was very insecure, so I memorized the "improvisations." After a copuple of years of doing this, when the Spirit moves me, I can make up lines on the spot. Sometimes.

It's really a great deal of fun, as you'll hear..

Jerry