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08 Apr 04 - 02:13 PM (#1157658) Subject: Lyr Req: Climbing Up On The Rough Side From: wysiwyg Sung by the Hopeful Gospel Quartet on A Prairie Home Companion. ~S~ |
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09 Apr 04 - 04:24 PM (#1158124) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Climbing Up On The Rough Side From: Jim Dixon This is surprisingly difficult. The Hopeful Gospel Quartet have recorded an album called "Climbing Up on the Rough Side," which contains the song of that name. You can find information about the album at HighBridge Audio, and at many other sites, but I haven't found any that have sound samples. If a song has been performed on PHC, normally you can go to A Prairie Home Companion's website and type the song title into the search box, and it will tell you exactly when the song was performed. Then you can listen to the archived program. But searching for "Climbing Up on the Rough Side" comes up with only references to the album. I found a brief quote here: http://www.chicagotemple.org/Carillon/2004_03_26_Carillon.pdf "I'm climbing up on the rough side of the mountain, I gotta hold to God's hand (his powerful hand) (God's unchanging hand). I'm climbing up on the rough side of the mountain; I'm doing my best to make it in." |
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09 Apr 04 - 04:38 PM (#1158137) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Climbing Up On The Rough Side From: wysiwyg Thanks, Jim. I spent quite a bit of time looking, too, while Mudcat was down. I did find a short clip by the Barnes Family which the HGQ credit as their source. I do have the song on tape (CLICK), but PHC sound quality makes some of the words unclear. Here's what I worked up from it, though, for our church band. The 4th verse is mine. ~S~ ================================================================ CLIMBING UP ON THE ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Learned from the singing of The Hopeful Gospel Quartet; they learned it from Barnes Family. Heard on "A Prairie Home Companion," which is produced by Prairie Home Productions, presented by Minnesota Public Radio and distributed nationwide by Public Radio International. The weekly Saturday evening live webcast is archived online, and contains audio clips, photos, scripts and guest information from every performance of A Prairie Home Companion since the fall of 1996. Adapted and arranged for the Good News-Goodtime Band by Susan O. Hinton. The lead singer sings the verses and, in the refrain, the material in parens. REFRAIN: I'm climbin' up (climbing up on the rough side) On the rough side (oh yeah) of the mountain (what I gotta do) I must hold to God (His most powerful hand) It's a powerful hand (yes I'm a-climbin') I'm climbin' up (climbing up on the rough side) On the rough side (oh yeah) of the mountain Lord, I'm doin' my best to make it in. 1. Oh Lord, Lord, Lord you know I'm strivin'; Trying to make it through this barren land. As I go from day to day I can hear my Savior say, "Trust in Me, child, I'll hold your hand." 2. I'm climbing up, oh yes, I'm climbin' up! Oh my burdens, sometimes, they press me down. If I can keep the faith I'll have strength to run the race; I'm looking, yes I'm lookin' for my crown. 3. Now one day this old race will soon be over. There'll be no more races to run. When I stand before God's throne all my heartaches will be gone And I'll hear my Savior say, "Welcome home." 4. We're climbin' up, still climbin' up Though narrow and rocky be the trail. With His light along the way, you know we cannot go astray; If we follow Him I know we cannot fail. SH |
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09 Apr 04 - 05:27 PM (#1158201) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Climbing Up On The Rough Side From: Jim Dixon Ha! Dialect foiled me again. (I've been doing this long enough; I should know better.) You've got to search for CLIMBIN'.... I listened to the performance, and yes, the sound quality is poor, but it seems to correspond closely to what you've posted, except that they didn't sing verse 4. The sheet music was published by the Martin and Morris Music Company, whose archives are in the National Museum of American History. Unfortunately, the website gives no further information except that it was published between 1930 and 1985. BMI says that I'M CLIMBING UP THE ROUGH SIDE was written by Thomas A. Dorsey, and the current publisher is Unichapell Music. |
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09 Apr 04 - 06:51 PM (#1158277) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Climbing Up On The Rough Side From: wysiwyg I searched PHC on "climb" and didn't find it either. It would have been hard for them to include Verse 4 in '97 since I only wrote it yesterday. :~) DORSEY?!?!? Huh! ~Susan |