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A Better Home/ Better Home
Public Domain Old-Time Gospel; Words and Music by Tindley 1901
ARTIST: Chicago Gospel Stars "A Better Home" on Colt in 1962; Words and Music by Tindley 1901
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1901 Tindley; 1921 Gospel Pearls
RECORDING INFO: A Better Home
Chicago Gospel Stars A Better Home Colt 1962
Gospel Pearls. A Better Home 1921
OTHER NAMES: "A Better Home"
SOURCES: WFMU; Gospel Pearls- 1921
NOTES: "A Better Home" is a gospel song by African-American gospel songwriter Charles A. Tindley that was written in 1901. It was recorded by the Chicago Gospel Stars on Colt in 1962.
A BETTER HOME- C.A. Tindley 1901 (partial text)
Ever since I've been living in this world of sin,
I have had trials almost every day,
Always something more or less, to destroy my hapinesss
And this is how I've come all the way.
CHORUS: I've started out to fid a better home,
Where the trials of this life can never come,
There with relatives and friends I shall be happy then,
in the presence of the Lord all the time.
It was when I was young, I began to think upon,
My condition as a sinner unsaved
And at once made up my mind when I had sufficient time,
I would bow to my knees and pray
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