Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a four part series that showcases examples of and lyrics to the old Gospel song "I'm So Glad The Lord Saved Me".
This post showcases an example of "I'm So Glad That The Lord Saved Me" and lyrics of that song as sung by "The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi". Information about that group is also included in this post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/old-school-gospel-song-im-so-glad-that.html for Part I of this series.
Part I features an example of that song that is led by Pastor Mark Moore, Sr. of Faith Covenant Church, Atlanta, Georgia, as well as my transcription of that video.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-original-five-blind-boys-of.html for Part II of this series.
Click for Part III of this series.
Part III showcases an example of & lyrics for "I'm So Glad That The Lord Saved Me" as sung by Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson. Information about Bishop Patterson is also included in that post.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/miracle-tabernacle-cogics-praise.html for Part IV of this series.
Part IV showcases an example of & lyrics for "I'm So Glad That The Lord Saved Me" as sung by Miracle Tabernacle COGIC's Praise Generation choir.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SINGING GROUP
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Blind_Boys_of_Mississippi"The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi was a post-war gospel quartet. Powered by lead singer Archie Brownlee, their single "Our Father" reached the Billboard R&B charts in the early 1950s, one of the first gospel records to do so.
The group originated in 1936[1] as a quartet of students from the Piney Woods School[2] near Jackson, Mississippi. The students — Brownlee, Joseph Ford, Lawrence Abrams, and Lloyd Woodard — originally sang under the name "the Cotton Blossom Singers", performing both jubilee quartet and secular material, to raise money for the school. Their teacher, Martha Louise Morrow Foxx,[3] helped organize the blind singers at the behest of the school founder Laurence C. Jones. On March 9, 1937, Brownlee and the others recorded sacred tunes (as the Blind Boys) and three secular numbers (as Abraham, Woodard, and Patterson) for Library of Congress researcher Alan Lomax. After graduation in the early forties, they began performing professionally singing pop music as the Cotton Blossom Singers and religious material under the name the Jackson Harmoneers. They were often backed by a female jazz band which originated from the same country school known as "The International Sweethearts of Rhythm." In the early 1940s, Melvin Henderson, also known as Melvin Hendrix[4], joined the group making them—like many so-called quartets—actually a quintet.
In the mid-1940s, Brownlee and the others relocated to Chicago, and changed their name to the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. Under the influence of R.H. Harris of the Soul Stirrers, Brownlee moved away from the jubilee style of singing and towards a more popular hard gospel style"...
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FEATURED VIDEO: The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi - Glad The Lord Saved Me
Grammercy Gospel, Published on Jul 17, 2013
From The Album: The Best Of Grammercy Gospel Volume 1
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LYRICS: I’M SO GLAD THAT THE LORD SAVED ME
(Performed by- Original Blind Boys)
I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
If it had not been for Jesus where would I be
I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
The Lord found me and I'm glad about it, He picked me up turned me round,
Placed my feet on higher ground (choir) Glad that the Lord saved me
(Solo) I'm glad that the Lord saved me
I'm glad that the Lord saved me
If it had not been for Jesus where would I be
I'm so glad that the lord saved me
I'm so glad (Choir) So glad, I'm so glad
Good God Almighty (Choir) So glad I'm so glad ad, ad. ad (repeat)
Drive 1: He picked me up, Turned me all around, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad, I can live right, yes I can,
I remember one Sunday I didn't no know anything about Him,
I went down on my knees, and I called on Jesus, The reason I call Him, no other help I know
Ah You been my water, ah You been my bread,
You been a might good doctor. You been a mighty good doctor.
You been a might good doctor, on my sick bed
I wonder are you glad, I wonder if you're glad, Good God Almighty, yes I am, I'm so glad, Whoa Lord, Whoa Jesus,
Good God Almighty, I'm so glad,
Good God almighty I wanna tell everybody,
How good God's been to me,
I'm glad whoa yeah, Whoa Jesus,
I'm so glad, I'm so glad
are you glad, I wanna know if you're glad,
Can I get a witness, can I get a witness,
Jesus walks me, God Lifted You up, God Lifted You up
Source: http://www.music-lyrics-gospel.com/gospel_music_lyrics/im_so_glad_that_the_lord_saved_me_4577.asp
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Quoted with the following changes: capitolizing the first letter of references to Jesus, according to the custom among African Americans, spelling out the abbreviation "dr", and minor typo corrections.
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This concludes Part II of this series.
My thanks to The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi for their musical legacy. My thanks also to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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