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(Give Me That) Old Time Religion    (1873)

'Tis the old time religion,
[or Give me that old time religion]
'Tis the old time religion,
'Tis the old time religion,
And it's good enough for me.

It was good for our mothers.
It was good for our mothers.
It was good for our mothers.
And it's good enough for me.

Refrain

Makes me love everybody.
Makes me love everybody.
Makes me love everybody.
And it's good enough for me.

Refrain

It has saved our fathers.
It has saved our fathers.
It has saved our fathers.
And it's good enough for me.

Refrain

It will do when I am dying.
It will do when I am dying.
It will do when I am dying.
And it's good enough for me.

Refrain

It will take us all to heaven.
It will take us all to heaven.
It will take us all to heaven.
And it's good enough for me.

Refrain

Lyrics by traditional.
Recorded by Fisk Jubilee Singers; many others.
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.

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