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Better Get a Room in Heaven
Spiritual- Gospel Blues;
ARTIST: Collected from Evangelist Sister Rosetta Winn on Club records in 1948
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: probably 1800s; "I'm Gonna Build Right on Dat Shore" Norfolk Jubilee Quartet 1924
RECORDING INFO: Building on the Good Place
Evangelist Sister Rosetta Winn "Building on the Good Place" Club 1948
Soul Stirrers "I'm Gonna Build On That Shore"
RELATED TO:
OTHER NAMES: "I'm Gonna Build On That Shore"
SOURCES: WFMU Sinner's Crossroads
NOTES: "Building on the Good Place" is a spiritual adapted by Evangelist Sister Rosetta Winn and later by the Soul Stirrers as "I'm Gonna Build On That Shore." It was first recorded as "I'm Gonna Build Right on Dat Shore" by the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet in 1924.
In the 1928 JOAFL, a version is included under "Some Negro Song Variants from Louisville":
I'm going to build
Right on that shore.
I'm going to build
For my Jesus evermore
I'm going to stand
Right on that shore.
I'm going to stand
For my Jesus evermore
Building on the Good Place- Evangelist Sister Rosetta Winn 1948
Yes--I'm gonna build (right on the shore)
Right on the shore (right on the shore)
I'm gonna build (build right on the shore)
Right on the shore (build right on the shore)
I'm gonna build for Jesus Lord what my Jesus can afford
REPEAT
Preaching---
I'm gonna bow (right on the shore)
Right on the shore (right on the shore)
I'm gonna bow (build right on the shore)
Right on the shore (build right on the shore)
I'm gonna bow for Jesus Lord what my Jesus can afford
I'm Gonna Build On That Shore- Soul Stirrers, adapted by Senior Roy Crain
Sam Cooke, Paul Fosters [leads] S.R. Crain [first tenor] Thomas L. Bruster, R.B. Robinson [baritones] Jesse J. Farley [bass] Bob King [guitar] Recorded July 10, 1953 at Universal Recorders, Hollywood, CA, by Art Rupe
Singles: Specialty 821 b/w Until Jesus Calls Me Home (sold 13,300 copies / 1951)
Albums: The Complete Recordings Of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers (2 versions)
The Gospel Soul of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers, Vol. 1
Jesus Gave Me Water
My Gospel Roots
Specialty Profiles
Touch The Hem Of His Garment
Well I'm gonna build right on that shore
I'm gonna build right on that shore
I'm gonna build for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
You know I'm gonna pray right on that shore
Hey, I'm pray child, right on that shore
well, I'm gonna pray for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
Well I'm walking down the road one day
when I heard his Master voice
Spirit came upon me
filled my heart with joy
I started out for Canaan
on that so shore
I'm gonna build for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
O, just let me build right on that shore
I wanna build right on that shore
said, I wanna build for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
just let me pray right on that shore
ooo, I wanna pray right on that shore
Lord, said I wanna pray for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
Well I stood upright
and I stood for God
and I am standing here today
telling where my Jesus walked
in that straight and narrow way
I can't turn back and I won't turn around
I'm gonna stay right on that shore
I'm gonna stand for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
Let me stand, right on that shore
ooo, let me stand right on that shore
said, I wanna stand for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
Well, his will is completed
going home to live with God
telling bout my troubles
down in this land I taught
just ??? that triumph
I'm gonna live forever more
I'm gonna live for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
Let me live, right on that shore
ooo, let me live right on that shore
said, I wanna live for my Jesus
for my Jesus seven more
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