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Better Get a Room in Heaven
Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
ARTIST: Collected from Phipps Family 1965
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; 1965 Phipps Family; Published 1941 Arranged RE Winsett
RECORDING INFO: Away Over in the Promised Land
Phipps Family. Phipps Family, Folkways FA 2375, LP (1965), trk# 2
R.E. Winsett arr. Away over in the promised land 1941
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OTHER NAMES: "Way Over in the Promised Land"
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NOTES: "Away Over in the Promised Land" is an old tradtional bluegrass gospel collected from Phipps Family in 1965. The song appears in "Soul Stirring Special," a 1941 shape-note book by Robert Emmet Winsett (1876-1952).
The song was sung at the Lusk Chapel Baptist Church in Madison County, NC during the tenure of preacher B.B. (Doc) Plemmons from 1919-1921 and 1923-1925:
"Doc Plemmons taught singing schools at Lusk Chapel, where a person would learn the old "Shape Note" type of singing. In the early years Lusk Chapel had no piano or organ and they would not allow string instruments of any kind in the church. They would give the pitch with a tuning fork, and would sing songs such as "Camp A Little While In The Wilderness", "Careless Soul", "Look Away Beyond The Blue", "In The Sweet Bye And Bye", "Wayfaring Stranger", "I Will Arise And Go To Jesus", "Beautiful Home Sweet Home", "Away Over In The Promised Land", and "I Am A Pilgram Of Sorrow". Songs were sung without accompaniment. Lusk Chapel like a lot of the other little country churches would have "All Day Singings" and dinner on the grounds."
Other verses may be added to "Away Over In The Promised Land" by using "sister," "cousin," etc.
Away Over in the Promised Land- Phipps Family
I got a father in the promised land
I got a father in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land
CHORUS: Away over in the promised land
Away over in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land
I got a mother in the promised land
I got a mother in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land
CHORUS:
I got a brother in the promised land
I got a brother in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land.
CHORUS:
History's a waitin' in the promised land
History's a waitin' in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land.
CHORUS:
Gonna see my Savior in the promised land
Gonna see my Savior in the promised land
I hope some day we'll all get there
Away over in the promised land.
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