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All God`s Chillun Got Shoes • Amazing Grace • Are You Washed? • Ball Game • Can`t Nobody Hide From God • Changes • Christian Life • Crying Holy Unto the Lord • Death Don`t Have No Mercy • Dig A Little Deeper • Dont' Want to Go Down There • Dust In the Wind • Give Me Jesus • Give Me That Old Time Religion • God and Guns • God Don`t Never Change • God's Gonna Separate • Help Me to Understand • He Never Said a Mumblin Word • Holy, Holy, Holy • I`d Rather Have Jesus • If It Had Not Been for Jesus • If Jesus Had to Pray • I`m Gonna Hold On • I`m Waiting for Jesus • In My Time of Dying • I Want Jesus to Walk With Me • I Wouldn`t Mind Dying • Jesus Is Just Alright • Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane • Jesus Is On the Mainline • John the Revelator • (32) Keep Your Lamps • Knocking On Heaven`s Door • Little Old-Fashioned • (35) Live the Life I Sing About • Lonesome Valley • Lord, Help the Poor and Needy • Motherless Child • Nobody`s Fault But Mine • Old Rugged Cross • Peace In the Valley • Precious Lord, Take My Hand • Run On • Salvation Is Free • Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down • Scandalize My Name • Search My Heart • Sinner Man • Somebody Gonna Wish • Stay On the Right Side • Strange Things Happening Every Day • (52) That`s All • Tedious Journey • There Is a Fountain • There's Nothing Like the Holy Spirit • This Old World • Turn Turn Turn • Two Little Fishes • Wade In the Water • Wayfaring Strangerspan> • What a Friend We Have In Jesus (H 182) • Who Rolled the Stone Away? • You Gotta Move • You`re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond •

JANUARY, 2023

You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond Artist/Author: Blind Willie Johnson

CHORUS
You're gonna need somebody on your bond.
You're gonna need somebody on your bond.

VERSES 1, 3, & 5
I will point you towards a man, King Jesus is His Name
you're gonna need somebody on your bond.

VERSES 2 & 4
Late, around midnight, when death comes slippin' in your room,
you're gonna need somebody on your bond.

VERSE 1
I heard the VOICE OF JESUS say,
Come ye weary and rest.
Lay your burdens at my feet
and your head upon my breast.

VERSE 2
When you were a GAMBLER,
wouldn't nobody go your bond.
Fell on your knees, and I heard you pray
Jesus, go my bond.

VERSE 3
I came to Jesus BATTLE-WORN
Weary, wounded, sad.
He saved me and he healed me.
He has made me glad.

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Jesus is Just Alright Artist/Author: Art Reynolds

CHORUS
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VERSE 1
Jesus is just alright with me,
Jesus is just alright, o yeah
Jesus is just alright with me,
Jesus is just al- right.

VERSE 2
I don't care what they may know
I don't care what they may go
I don't care what they may know
Jesus is just al- right.

VERSE 3
I don't care what they may say
I don't care what they may do
I don't care what they may say
Jesus is just al- right, o yeah

DECEMBER, 2022

If It Had Not Been for Jesus Artist/Author: Blind Willie Johnson

REFRAIN
If it had not been for Jesus,
I would not have been here tonight.
For He has fully saved me,
and He washed my black heart white.

VERSE 1
One night I went to the MEETING,
just to hear them sing and shout.
But then I got salvation,
and I found their secrets out.

VERSE 2
O, listen to me, O SINNERS.
I'll tell you just what to do.
Surrender all to Jesus,
and He will save you too.

VERSE 3
Once I was a DEEP DOWN SINNER
just as wild as I could be.
I was on my way to destruction,
and a deep down misery.

TRANSPOSED VERSE 3
Once I was a DEEP DOWN SINNER
just as wild as I could be.
I was on my way to destruction,
and a deep down misery.

He Never Said Artist/Author: Traditional

VERSE 5
He BOWED HIS HEAD and died,
and He never said a mumblin` word;
He bowed his head and died,
and he never said a mumblin` word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.

VERSE 1
They CRUCIFIED my Lord,
and He never said a mumblin` word;
they crucified my Lord,
and he never said a mumblin` word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.

VERSE 2
They NAILED him to a tree,
and He never said a mumblin` word;
They nailed him to a tree,
and he never said a mumblin` word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.

VERSE 3
They PIERCED him in the side,
and He never said a mumblin` word;
They pierced him in the side,
and he never said a mumblin` word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.

VERSE 4
The BLOOD CAME TRICKLIN` down,
and He never said a mumblin` word;
The blood came tricklin` down,
and he never said a mumblin` word.
Not a word, not a word, not a word.

OCTOBER, 2022

I Wouldn`t Mind Dying Artist/Author: Washington Phillips

VERSE 1
But after death, we're going to have to stand a test
After death, we're going to have to stand a test
After death, we're going to have to stand a test
Well, I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

VERSE 2
Isaiah saw Him with his garment dyed in red
Isaiah saw Him with his garment dyed in red
Isaiah saw Him with his garment dyed in red
Well, I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

VERSE 3
Eziekel saw a wheel,
a wheel in the middle of a wheel
Eziekel saw a wheel,
a wheel in the middle of a wheel
Eziekel saw a wheel,
a wheel in the middle of a wheel
Well, I wouldn't mind dying
if dying was all

VERSE 4
Holy, holy ... holy is his name.
Holy, holy ... holy is his name.
Holy, holy ...holy is his name
Well, I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all

Help Me to Understand Artist/Author: Rev Pearly Brown

VERSE 5
One Lord, one Faith
and only one Baptism.
Help me to understand
I wonder why Christians
have so many different religions.
I want you to help me to understand.

VERSE 1
When I was a child
Around the age of one
Help me to understand
Mother had to leave me
in a world all alone.
Help me, Lord, to understand.

VERSE 2
There was a door
that was open, I know.
Help me to understand
But when I arrived,
I found a closed door.
Help me, Lord, to understand.

VERSE 3
O Lord, O Lord,
you know my heart is so heavy.
Help me to understand
O Lord, O Lord,
you know my heart is so heavy.
Help me, Lord, to understand.

VERSE 4
God made it plain
that we should love one another.
Help me to understand
Then why don`t we love
our sister and our brother.
I want you to help me to understand.

SEPTEMBER, 2022

Wayfarin` Stranger Artist/Author: Traditional

VERSE 1
I'm just a poor, wayfaring stranger.
A traveling through this wearisome world.
Ain't no sickness, no toil or danger,
in that bright world towards which I go.

VERSE 2
I know dark clouds will gather round me.
That my way will be rough and steep.
But beauteous fields, they lie before me,
where God's redeemed, their vigil keep.

VERSE 3
I want to sing salvation's story,
In concert with that blood-washed band;
I want to wear a crown of glory
When I reach that promised land.

CHORUS

BRIDGE

VERSE 4
I'll soon be free from every trial
This body laid beneath the sod.
I'll drop the cross of self-denial
And enter in my home with God.

CHORUS

TAG
I'm just a traveling over Jordan.
I'm just a headed towards my home.

CHORUS
I'm going there
to see my father~mother~brother~Savior.
I'm going there no more to roam.
I'm just a traveling over Jordan.
I'm just a headed to my home.

Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane Artist/Author:

REFRAIN
Jesus is my air-o-plane.
He holds this world in His Hands
He flies over t'all.
He don't never fall.
Jesus is my air-o-plane.

VERSE 1
One of these mornings
'Bout 4 o clock
This old world's
gonna reel and rock
Reelin' and rocking
Because of sin
Jesus will be coming
in His air-o-plane

VERSE 2
Well, some of these preachers
They's gonna be dead
Didn't preach the Bible
Like my mama said
They all be a scatterin',
they be running away.
Cause Jesus will be coming, and
He'll call them down.

REFRAIN

VERSE 3
You can run to the East.
You can run to the West.
But you ain't gonna find
no solace or rest
One of these mornings,
He's a coming again
Coming down from heaven in an air--o-plane.

AUGUST, 2022

Dig A Little Deeper Artist/Author: Unknown

VERSE 1
[A]E-tern-al-ly, nearer [D]Thee.
I want to [A]dig a little [F#7]deeper
in the [B7]storehouse of His [E]love,
of His [E7]love.
I want to [A]shine
with love sub- [D]lime, O my Lord,
I want to [A]dig a little [F#7]deeper
in the [B7]storehouse
[E]of God's [A]love [D][A]

CHORUS
[A]O Lord. I want to
[D]dig a little deeper in God's love.
[A]Dig a little deeper in God's love.
Dig a little [F#7]deeper
in the [B7]storehouse of His [E]love.
Holy [E7]love!
I want to [A]talk more like my Jesus would
[D]Walk more like a Christian should
1 want to [A] dig a little [F#7]deeper
m the [B7]storehouse
[E]of God's [A]love [D][A]

VERSE 2
[A]I want to do what's always [D]true.
I want to [A]dig a little [F#7] deeper
in the [B7]storehouse of God's [E]love,
of God's [E7]love.
Each passing [A]hour,
I want the Spirit's [D]power!
I want to [A]dig a little [F#7]deeper
in the [B7]storehouse
[E7]of God's [A]love [D][A]

We learned this song from Mahalia Jackson

In My Time of Dying Artist/Author: Traditional

Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven

VERSE 1
[Dm]In my time o dying
don't want nobody to moan.
All I want for you to do,
is take my body home.

CHORUS
[Dm]Well, [G]well, [Gm]well,
so I can die easy.
[Dm]Well, [G]well, [Gm]well.
[Dm] Well, [G]well, [Gm]well,
so I can die easy.
[Gm7]Jesus gonna make up,
[Gm7]Jesus gonna make up,
[Gm7]Jesus gonna make up my dyin' [Dm]bed

VERSE 2
[Dm]I my time o dyin',
don't want nobody to cry.
All I want for you to do,
is take me when I die.

VERSE 3
[Dm]I'm gonna head on down to the river
Stick my sword in the sand.
Shout, 'My trouble's over!
I made it to the promised land!'

VERSE 4
[Dm]Meet me, Jesus, meet me.
Meet me in the middle of the air.
And if these wings should fail me, Lord.
Won't you meet me with another pair.

JULY, 2022

Lord, Help the Poor And Needy Artist/Author: Jessie Mae Hemphill

VERSE 1
Lord, help the poor and needy
in this land, in this land
Lord, help the poor and needy
in this land

REFRAIN
When we all rise together
and we face the rising sun
Lord, help the poor and needy
in this land

VERSE 2
Lord, help the sinner man
in this land, in this land
Lord, help the sinner man
in this land
REFRAIN (sinner man)

VERSE 3
Lord, help the fatherless children
in this land, in this land
Lord, help the fatherless children
in this land
REFRAIN (fatherless children)

VERSE 4
Lord, help the human race
on this earth, on this earth
Lord, help the human race
on this earth
REFRAIN (human race on this earth)

VERSE 5
Lord, help the war-torn people
in this world, in this world
Lord, help the war-torn people
in this world
REFRAIN (war-torn people in this world)

VERSE 6
Lord, help the folks here strugglin'
in this room, in this room
Lord, help the folks here struggling
in this room,
REFRAIN (folks here struggling in this room)

Jessie Mae Hemphill

Motherless Child Artist/Author: Traditional

VERSE 1
Motherless children have a very hard time
Motherless children have such a hard time
Motherless children have a very hard time
Nowhere they can call home.

Times I Feels Like a Motherless Child

VERSE 2
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Times I feel lika a motherless child
There's times I feel like a motherless child
Nowhere they can call home.

VERSE 3
Sometimes I wish I were a bird in the sky
Sometimes I wish I were a bird in the sky
There's time I wish I were a bird in the sky.
Flying towards my home

VERSE 4
Sometimes I feel like my freedom is near
Times I feel like my freedom is near
There's times I feel like my freedom is near
Long way from my home

VERSE 5
Sometimes I feel like God's kingdom is near
Times I feel like God kingdom's at hand
There's times I feel like God's kingdom's is near
And I can see the lights of my home.

Changes (June, 2022)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

VERSE 1
When I first sought the Lord
I was burdened with sin.
A change in my life there needed to be-
For all of my life my Savior took me in,
I really know there's been a change in me.

CHORUS
There's a change in my living.
Since Jesus has set me free
Living for him, I will always be.
There's a change in the ocean.
There's a change in the sea.
I truly know there's been a change in me.

VERSE 2
There's a change in the weather,
however it may be
sometimes it's one,
sometimes it's two or three
There's a change in the seasons
that I can plainly see.
Well, I'm talking about that old change
that I've got in me

BRIDGE

VERSE 3
There's a change in my walk
in my talk, in my name.
Working for Christ,
I will always be
NONE of my life
will ever seem the same.
I'm so glad
there's been a change in me

CHORUS

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Joseph Scrivener, Song;
Pete Townsend, Bridge

INTRO

VERSE 1
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Every thing to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often FORFEIT,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

VERSE 2
Have we TRIALS and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so FAITHFUL,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

VERSE 3
Are we weak and heavyladen,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, FORSAKE thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He'll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.

BRIDGE 2X
Listening to you, I get the music.
Gazing at you, I get the heat.
Following you, I climb the mountain.
I get ex- citement at your feet!

Right behind you, I see the millions.
On you, I see the glory.
From you, I get opinions.
From you, I get the story.

TAG (1st half of 1st verse)

MAY, 2022

The Christian Life

Charlie & Ira Louvin

VERSE 1
My buddies tell me that I should have waited.
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun.
But I am happy, and I sing with pride,
"I like the Christian life!"

CHORUS
I won't lose a friend by heeding God's call.
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall?
Others find pleasure in things I despise.
I like the Christian life!

BRIDGE

VERSE 2
My buddies shun me since I turned to Jesus.
But I still love them; They burden my heart.
I'll try to lead them to walk in God's light.
I like the Christian life!

CHORUS

TAG
I like the Christian life!
I like the Christian life!
I like the Christian life!

Crying Holy Unto the Lord

Traditional

CHORUS
Crying holy unto the Lord,
Crying holy unto the Lord.
If I could, I sure- ly would,
Stand on that rock where Moses stood.

VERSE 1
Sinners RUN AND HIDE your face,
Sinners run and hide your face.
Sinners run to the rock
and hide your face,
Rock cries out, 'No hiding place.

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Lord. I know I BEEN REDEEMED.
Lord, I know 1 been redeemed.
Oh, I been to the river.
and I been bap- tized.
Lord, I know I been re- deemed.

CHORUS

BRIDGE

VERSE 3
Lord. I ain't NO STRANGER NOW.
Lord, I ain't no stranger now
The Spirit intro- duced me
to the Father and the Son
So I ain't no stranger now

CHORUS

APRIL, 2022

Keep Your Lamps

Traditional

CHORUS
Keep your lamps trimmed and burnin'.
Keep your lamps trimmed and burnin'.
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning'.
Because our world is gettin'
darker each day.

VERSE 1
Fathers, keep on praying.
Mothers, now don't you stop praying.
Grandparents, you gotta keep on praying
Because our world is gettin'
darker each day.

VERSE 2
Brothers, keep on praying.
Sisters, now don't you stop praying.
Church folk, you gotta keep on praying.
Because our world is gettin'
darker each day.

VERSE 3
Elders, keep on praying.
Deacons, now don't you stop praying.
Pastors, you gotta keep on praying.
Because our world is gettin'
darker each day.

There's Nothing Like the Holy Spirit

Sister Elizabeth Phillips

VERSE 1
There's nothing like the Holy Spirit.
There's nothing like the Heavenly fire.
There never was a friend like Jesus.
Who's always on the wire.
There never was a friend who understood
And prayed on every trial.
There's nothing like the Holy Spirit.
To set your soul on fire.

VERSE 2
I'm satisfied with Jesus
and glad I'm able to say,
No matter what the test is
I'll follow all the I'll way.
I'm glad I learned to stretch out
And leave my burden with Him.
Cause Jesus is my maker.
And on Him I can depend.

MARCH, 2022

Death Don't Have No Mercy

Rev. Gary Davis

REFRAIN
He'll come to your house
and he won't stay long.
Look around the room,
And your poppa/momma/brother/sister/partner be gone
VERSE 1
Death don't have no mercy
in this land.
I said, Death don't have no mercy
In this land.
& REFRAIN
Death don't have no mercy
in this land.

VERSE 2
Death will leave you standing here crying
In this land.
I said, Death will leave you standing here crying
In this land.
& REFRAIN
Death will leave you standing here crying
In this land.

VERSE 3
Death don't take time for a vacation
In this land.
I said, Death don't take time for a vacation
In this land.
& REFRAIN
Death don't take time for a vacation
In this land.

VERSE 4
Death don't give you time to get ready
In this land.
I said, Death don't give you time to get ready
In this land.
& REFRAIN
Death don't give you time to get ready
In this land.

ALL GOD'S CHILLUN GOT SHOES

Traditional

VERSE 1
I`ve got shoes; and you`ve got shoes
All of God`s children got shoes
When I get to Heaven
goin` to put on my shoes
I'm gonna tromp all over God`s Heaven

REFRAIN
Heav`n, Heav`n
Ev`rybody talkin` `bout Heav`n
ain`t a goin` there
Heav`n, Heav`n
Gonna tromp ~ shout ~ play ~ sing
all over God`s Heaven!

VERSE 2
I`ve got a crown; you`ve got a crown
All of God`s children got a crown
When I get to Heaven
goin` to put on my crown
I'm gonna shout
all over God`s Heaven
& REFRAIN

VERSE 3
I`ve got a harp; you`ve got a harp
All of God`s children got a harp
When I get to Heaven
goin` to play on my harp.
I'm gonna play all over God`s Heaven
& REFRAIN

VERSE 4
I`ve got a song; you`ve got a song
All of God`s children got a song
When I get to Heaven
goin` to sing a new song
I'm gonna sing all over God`s Heaven
& REFRAIN

FEBRUARY, 2022

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Thomas A. Dorsey

VERSE 1
Precious Lord, take my hand.
Lead me on; help me stand,
I am tired; I am weak; I am worn.
Through the storm, through the night,
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord,
Lead me home.

VERSE 2
When my way grows drear,
Precious Lord, linger near.
When my life is almost gone,
Hear my cry, hear my call,
Take my hand, lest I fall
Take my hand, precious Lord,
Lead me home.

VERSE 3
When the darkness appears,
And the night draws near,
And the day is past and gone.
At the river I stand,
Guide my feet, hold my hand.
Take my hand, precious Lord,
Lead me home.

This Old World

VERSE 1
They say one day, My mama did
She had me bow down While I was young
She had me bow down on my knees and pray
She was getting' me ready
For the Judgment Day.

CHORUS
This old world won't last much longer,
Gonna reel and rock Early one morning
He's getting' us ready for the Judgment Day
O the Bible The Bible tells me so.

VERSE 2
I won't be fearful when I come to God.
I'm saved in Jesus and sanctified.
I won't fear Jordan, won't fear its tide.
When Jesus comes,
I'm gonna rise and fly.

VERSE 3
One of these mornings, around 4 o'clock.
This old world gonna reel and rock.
So glad this world is not my home.
I've got business
up a- round God's Throne.

JANUARY, 2022

Wade In the Water

Traditional

CHORUS
Wade in the water,
Wade in the water children,
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water.

VERSE 1
Who's that yonder dressed in red?
Wade in the water,
Must be the children that Moses led,
God's gonna trouble the water.

VERSE 2
Who's that yonder dressed in white?
Wade in the water,
must be the children of the israelites,
God's gonna trouble the water.

VERSE 3
You don't believe I been redeemed,
Wade in the water,
See the Holy Ghost coming for me,
God's gonna trouble the water.

VERSE 4

Who's that yonder dressed in black?
Wade in the water,
Must be the hypocrites turning back.
God's gonna trouble the water.

VERSE 5
Who's that yonder dressed in blue?
Wade in the water,
Must be the faithful wading through.
God's gonna trouble the water.

I'm Gonna Hold On

VERSE 1
The days don't seem so happy
and my nights are dark and grey.
And life is not what I'd have it to be.
Uhmm. My aching heart so weary
and my soul is far from me.
But I'm gonna hold on
till my Jesus comes for me.

CHORUS
I'm gonna hold on
till my Jesus comes for me.
Yes, I'm gonna hold on
till death shall set me free.
Yes, he's fixing me a mansion
where together we will be.
I'm gonna hold on
till my Jesus comes for me.