03 Mar 00 - 11:20 AM (#188757) Subject: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: GUEST,Ole-O Does anyone remember the lyrics to a tune sung by the Limeliters called "Joy Across the Land? Thanks to all... |
04 Mar 00 - 05:52 AM (#189236) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: Metchosin |
04 Mar 00 - 07:47 PM (#189545) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: raredance JOY ACROSS THE LAND (Alex Hassilev)
You can tell the world about this,
We saw a farmer working on his farm,
You can tell the world about this,
You know that hard times happen to us all,
You can tell the world about this,
So when you hear a newborn baby cry,
You can tell the world about this,
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04 Mar 00 - 08:04 PM (#189553) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: GUEST,Bud Savoie This is a Limeliter remake of the old spiritual:
You can tell the nations about that Tell them what the Master has done Tell them that the victory's been won He brought joy, joy, joy into my heart. |
04 Mar 00 - 09:50 PM (#189590) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: raredance I got called away before i could add any information about the song. As Bud pointed out the chorus is a pretty direct lifting of the Gibson-Camp "You Can Tell the World" changing some words. Since Gibson-Camp traded on an old spiritual, I guess that's fair. There are at least two Limeliters recording of the song. The lyrics I transcribed are from a 1976 concert in Seattle. that recording is found on the CD "Glenn Yarbrough & the Limeliters, Joy Across The Land" released in 1993 (GNP/Crescendo GNPD 2219). The song is also on a LP called "Glnn Yarbrough & The Limeliters, Reunion" (1974 Stax Records STS-5513). The LP version is from a 1973 concert in Chicago. The CD actually contains 12 tracks from the Chicago concert including a couple that are on the LP. Both "Joy Across The Land" and "Acres of Limeliters" are on the Chicago LP and the CD but the CD tracks are from the Seattle concert. That's probably more than any one really needed to know. rich r |
05 Mar 00 - 08:42 PM (#190095) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: Bud Savoie Yes, Rich, but there is a third recording by the Limeliters--probably actually the first in time--on their album "Sing Out!" |
05 Mar 00 - 11:12 PM (#190184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: raredance Bud, good point. Sometimes I quit searching when I find find what I'm after. I went for the CD for obvious reasons in the title. That connected me to the album from the same concert. Since the CD format is the easiest to pause frequently and transcribe from, I used it. And I didn't look for any more versions. When I am paying attention to what I type, I try to include weasle words that allow for additional data as it becomes available. Sometimes I forget. I see I did have the "atleast" qualifier above. that's the good thing about the mudcat, people add the bits and pieces of what they know and ideally a fairly complete picture can emerge. Your knowing that the song was on the Sing Out album is especially important because I think that album was/is more widely known than the two that I cited. I suppose the next question to ask is "Did they change any lyrics between versions?" rich r |
06 Mar 00 - 04:08 AM (#190273) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: Joe Offer Hey, the version on Simon & Garfunkel's Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is attributed to B.Gibson and B.Camp. It may well be their only album that doesn't attribute every song to P.Simon (well, he didn't claim credit for "Bye Bye Love" and "Anji"). -Joe Offer- |
06 Mar 00 - 08:06 AM (#190304) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics-Joy Across the Land From: Bud Savoie No, Rich, the verses above are the way they appear on the "Sing Out" album, to my recollection. |