It would not surprise me to know that Albert E. Brumley wrote it more or
less from scratch; he was one, er, heck of a gospel songwriter. The "olde
camp meetings songs" was most likely more an ad slogan (the way that some
early labels put "old familiar songs" as a category before settling into
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song?
Thanks,
Linda
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song?
Thanks,
Linda
Linda--despite the following official story, (which somewhat fudges why it
was an "olde camp meeting song" if he made it up..) I'm pretty certain
there are older versions from trad sources with the same tune and chorus,
at least, which
Linda,
I didn't catch the earlier mention of the song -- are you all talking about
the spiritual?
Deb
