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Ain't You Glad You Got Good Religion/So Glad I Got Good Religion/Good Religion/Have You Got Good Religion/I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion
Traditional Old-Time Spiritual;
ARTIST: Work, John W. / American Negro Songs and Spirituals, Dover, Bk (1998/1940), p 66
Sheet Music: http://books.google.com/books?id=9IptZOGMvX8C&pg=PA66&dq=Ain't+You+Glad+You+Got+Good+Religion&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&cd=3
So Glad I Got Good Religion (Miry Clay) By: The Brewsteraires with W. Herbert Brewster on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvduHule_B8&feature=related
CATEGORY: Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1900s; First Recorded
RECORDING INFO: Ain't You Glad You Got Good Religion
Work, John W. / American Negro Songs and Spirituals, Dover, Bk (1998/1940), p 66
"Rev. W.H. Brewster And His Camp Meeting Of The Air" appeared on the Gotham single "Give Me That Old Time Religion"/"So Glad I've Got Good Religion".
OTHER NAMES: "So glad I've got good religion"
SOURCES: Folk Index;
NOTES: "Ain't You Glad You Got Good Religion" is better known as "Good Religion" or "So Glad I Got Good Religion." It features a lead singer with a chorus and was published in 1940 in John Work's "American Negro Songs and Spirituals."
It was in the repertoire of William Herbert Brewster (July 2, 1897 in Somerville, Tennessee – October 14, 1987 in Memphis, Tennessee) an influential African American Baptist minister, composer, dramatist, singer, poet and community leader.
A 1922 graduate of Roger Williams College in Nashville, Tennessee, Brewster settled in Memphis in the 1920s; he served as the pastor of the East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church in South Memphis from 1930 until his death in 1987. His lasting fame, however, is through his musical composition. Among his more than 200 published songs are the gospel standards "Move On Up A Little Higher" (Mahalia Jackson's first hit in 1948) and "Surely, God Is Able" (a 1950 hit for The Ward Singers). These songs hold the distinction of being the first million-selling black gospel records. Other Brewster songs that were hits included "Lord I've Tried" (The Soul Stirrers), "I'll Go" (Queen C. Anderson), "I'm Climbing Higher And Higher" (Marion Williams), and a favorite of African-American gospel choirs, "The Old Landmark," among many others.
Though there are several available recordings of Rev. Brewster's gospel groups The Brewster Singers and The Brewsteraires, there are only two vocal recordings of Rev. Brewster himself. Both recordings credited to "Rev. W.H. Brewster And His Camp Meeting Of The Air" appeared on the Gotham single "Give Me That Old Time Religion"/"So Glad I've Got Good Religion". Each song features a narration by Rev. Brewster followed by vocals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvduHule_B8&feature=related
Good Religion-Version 1
An online version that is a one part song. Repeat first line and then add the tag: My feet’s been taken out of the miry clay.
So glad I got good religion.
So glad I got good religion.
So glad I got good religion,
My feet’s been taken out of the miry clay.
Ain't you glad, I got good religion…
My day was Monday when I got good religion…
My day was Tuesday when I got good religion…
My day was Wednesday when I got good religion…
My day was Thursday when I got good religion…
My day was Friday when I got good religion…
SO GLAD- Version 2 "Raise The Flag"
CHORUS: So glad, So glad, So glad, So glad,
He took my feet out the miry 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)
CHORUS: So glad, So glad, So glad, So glad, I got good religion,
He took my feet out the miry clay.
Well if you don't believe I've been redeemed,
(He took my feet out the miry clay)
Just follow me down the Jordan stream,
(He took my feet out the miry clay)
And if you get there before I do,
(He took my feet out the miry clay)
Tell all my friends that I'm coming too,
(He took my feet out the miry clay)
CHORUS
Ain't You Glad You Got Good Religion- John Work 1940
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Take my feet out the miry clay. [repeat]
O sinner, sinner you will feel,
(Take my feet out the miry clay)
O this ole earth, rock and reel,
(Take my feet out the miry clay).
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Take my feet out the miry clay.
One day, one day 'bout twelve o'clock,
(Take my feet out the miry clay)
O this ole earth gonna reel and rock.
(Take my feet out the miry clay)
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Take my feet out the miry clay.
O sinner, sinner in the mire
(Take my feet out the miry clay)
O on you Heaven will rain- fire
(Take my feet out the miry clay)
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Ain't you glad, ain't you glad you got good religion,
Take my feet out the miry clay.
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