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Gimme That Old Time Religion
Traditional Hymn Tune and Bluegrass Song; Widely Known.
ARTIST: Adapted by Woody Guthrie;
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1880's. Words & Music: Adapted from an African-American spiritual by Charles D. Tillman, who first heard it at an 1889 camp meeting in Lexington, South Carolina
RECORDING INFO:Homer Rodenheaver (1923) on CO A3856; Ernest Thompson (1924) Co 15007-D; Kentucky Ramblers (1930) Bwy 8270; Congregation of Wesley Methodist Church, "Give Me That Old Time Religion" (on JohnsIsland1); Ball, E. C. and Orna. Fathers Have a Home Sweet Home, Rounder 0072, LP (1976), cut# 13; Barron, Rik. Bound for the Ice, Odd Sock PRO 101, Cas (199?), cut#B.04b; Johnson Family Singers. Old-Time Family Religion, Camden CAS 816(e), LP (1964), cut#A.01; Leigh, Bonnie. Down in the Shady Grove, Maywind K56-03, CD (1998), cut#13 (Give Me That Old Time Religion); Moody, Clyde. White House Blues, Rebel REB-1672, LP (1989), cut# 1; “Give Me Old Time Music" was recorded by Arthur Smith & His Dixie Liners on October 1, 1938, which is a parody of "That Old-Time Religion."
OTHER NAMES: “That Old Time Religion;” “Old Time Religion;” “Gimme That Old Time Religion;” “Give Me Old Time Music (parody)"
SOURCES: Seeger, Pete. How to Play the Five String Banjo, Seeger, sof (1962), p20; Randolph 628, "The Old Time Religion;" Silber-FSWB, p. 362, "Give Me That Old Time Religion;" Meade: Country Music Sources;
NOTES: This piece was copyrighted in 1891 by Charlie D. Tillman. It was adapted from an African-American spiritual by Charles D. Tillman, who first heard it at an 1889 camp meeting in Lexington, South Carolina.
The song is found in "The story of the Jubilee Singers, including their Songs" (1903) by J. B. T. Marsh, which was first published in 1877. The book is “the story of a little company [The Jubilee Singers] of emancipated slaves who set out to secure, by their singing, the fabulous sum of $20,000 for the impoverished school [Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee] in which they were students.”
No. 36. This Old Time Religion- 1877
CHORUS: Oh! this old time religion,
This old time religion,
This old time religion,
It is good enough for me.
1. It is good for the mourner,
It is good for the mourner,
It is good for the mourner,
It is good e - nough for me.
CHORUS: Oh, this old time religion, &c,
2. It will carry you home to heaven,
It will carry you home to heaven,
It will carry you home to heaven
It is good enough for me.
Cho. — Oh, this old time religion, &c,
3. It brought me out of bondage, &c.
4. It is good when you are in trouble, &c.
Cho.— Oh, this old time religion, &c.
The first documented recording was by Homer Rodenheaver in 1923 on CO A3856.
LYRICS:
Chorus: Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
It’s good enough for me.
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
And it’s good enough for me.
It will do when the world's on fire
It will do when the world's on fire
It will do when the world's on fire
And it’s good enough for me.
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