| Up at five and done with the chores, the family piles in the pickup |
| Meetin' at the church house all the folk’s from miles around |
| And packed between mama and daddy and all of the kids is a bushel basket |
| Heading for an all day country singing and dinner on the ground |
| Where they’ll sing, glory hallelujah, how they’ll sing |
| Ladies dab their throats and brows with hand embroidered linen |
| Cool their dampened feedsack bodices with cardboard fans |
| Fans that advertize on one side Lanie’s funeral parlor |
| While Jesus on the other side out stretches nail-scarred hands |
| And they sing, glory hallelujah, how they’ll sing |
| Do me so, la so me do, do re me, fa ti do |
| Do me so, la so me do, do re me, fa ti do |
| A Deacon in a white nylon short sleeve shirt leads the singing |
| A book of matches in his pocket, and a ball point pen |
| Inside the cover of the matches is the Deacons name and address |
| Enroll him in a course that’s offered to outstanding men |
| And he sings, glory hallelujah, how he’ll sing |
| And he sings, glory hallelujah, how he’ll sing |
| Now let’s turn to page three forty in our Broadman hymnals |
| A pinned roll banded hand prepares to strike the opening chord |
| A small boy whispers to his mama: «Do natives go to heaven?» |
| And they lift their voices to the sky, sing praises to the lord |
| And they’ll sing, glory hallelujah, how they’ll sing |
| And they’ll sing, oh glory hallelujah, how they’ll sing |
| And they’ll sing, glory hallelujah, how they’ll sing |