Lyr Req: So Glad I Got Good Religion

Subject: 'So Glad I Got Good Religion'
From: JimW
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 08:09 PM

Can anyone confirm (or correct) if the 1-line turn-around lyric in this song is "My feet been taken out the firey place..."

I've got this on two different albums: The Blind Boys of Alabama's "Spirit of the Century" and Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Amazing Grace." It's a great 8-bar number for acoustic slide but I'm not sure of this one line.

So glad I got good religion So glad i got good religion So glad I got good religion My_________________________ ?

The day was Monday, when I got good religion The day was Monday, when I got good religion The day was Monday when I got good religion My________________ ?

The day was Tuesday, etc.

Subject: Lyr Add: I'VE GOT GOOD RELIGION
From: masato sakurai
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 09:16 PM

I'm not sure whether or not this is the same, but I have the Fairfield Four's lyrics (recorded in Nashville, early 1950s; on Angels Watching Over Me, P-Vine PCD-2327).

I'VE GOT GOOD RELIGION

So glad I've got good religion (3x)
My feet been taken on a mighty trip

You know I went in the valley
I didn't go to stay
My feet been taken on a mighty trip

You know my soul got happy
And I stayed all day
My feet been taken on a mighty trip

I had to run, I had to run
I've got good religion (3x)
My feet been taken on a mighty trip

I had to shout, I had to shout
I've got good religion (3x)
My feet been taken on a mighty trip

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'So Glad I Got Good Religion'
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 05:02 PM

The traditional response down here (Tennessee and Alabama) is: "My feet been taken out the mirey clay."

Don't know where in the Bible one finds the reference to "mire" and "clay" but as with most black religious songs of a certain age there is one.

Hope this helps, bruce nemerov

Subject: Lyr Add: SO GLAD
From: masato sakurai
Date: 06 Aug 02 - 05:31 AM

Another version from HERE

SO GLAD

So glad, so glad, so glad
He took my feet out the marly clay

Well I promised the Lord I would deny him not
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
I promised not to leave when the battles got hard
(He took my feet out the marly clay)

So glad, so glad, so glad
I've got good religion
He took my feet out the marly clay

Well if you don't believe I've been redeemed
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
Just follow me down the Jordan stream
(He took my feet out the marly clay)

And if you get there before I do
(He took my feet out the marly clay)
Tell all my friends that I'm coming too
(He took my feet out the marly clay)

So glad, so glad, so glad
I've got good religion
He took my feet out the marly clay

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'So Glad I Got Good Religion'
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 09 Aug 02 - 01:40 AM

Here are 2 more spirituals that contains the "miry clay" line: Rev. Gary Davis' O GLORY! HOW HAPPY I AM and Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman's YOU CAN TELL THE WORLD.

The origin of the "miry clay" metaphor is probably Psalm 40 [KJV]:

1. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.