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Monday, February 23, 2026

Examples Of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.'s Fraternity Chant "Old Mother Hubbard"

4TH QUARTER MENTALITY, Jan 31, 2016

Omega Kappa, Lambda Alpha, Gamma Gamma, & Upsilon Rho....

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant.

This post presents some video examples and some word only examples of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant. This post also presents what I consider to be

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/george-clintonparliament-funkadelic-may.html for Part I of this pancocojam series. That post presents information about what I believe is the probable source for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's parody of the "Old Mother Hubbard" Nursery rhyme

WARNING - These pancocojams posts on parodies of "Old Mother Hubbard" rhymes aren't suitable for children.

The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who created these "Old Mother Hubbard" parodies and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_53.html for Part 5 of a seven part pancocojams series of examples of historically Black fraternity and sorority chants and songs that begin with O-R.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S STATEMENT
I believe that historically Black Greek letter fraternity and sorority chants and songs are part of African American culture. As such. examples of these chants and songs should be collected, documented, and studied.

However, in adherence with the guidelines of historically Black Greek letter fraternities and sororities, these songs and chants should only be performed by people who are associated with the specific organizations where these chants and songs come from.

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WHY DO QUES PERFORM THEIR "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD" CHANT?

[Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks!]

"Dogs" are one of the unofficial motifs of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. However, it's important to emphasis that this organization turns around the negative cultural images of dogs (and men as dogs) by emphasizing what they consider to be the positive nature of promiscuity. Particularly in the undergraduate chapters of that fraternity, members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity call themselves "dogs" (also spelled "dawgs") and also flips the negative meaning of the saying "All men are dogs" and the negative meaning of the word "nasty" into something positive.

As such, members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity call themselves "nasty dogs" who like chasing cats (.i.e. pussy). This "nasty dog" image reinforces the profile of this fraternity's members as being virile men who are physically attractive in both senses of that description (i.e. they have good muscular physical bodies and women find them physically attractive. Furthermore, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity "dog" motif means they they are good at having sex with women.

George Clinton's 1982 Funk song "Atomic Dog" was so readily accepted as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's unofficial anthem because its lyrics fit that organization's motifs so well:

Funky dogs, nasty dogs (Dog)
(Atomic dog, atomic dog)

[...].

Why must I feel like that?
Why must I chase the cat?
Nothing but the dog in me.
Nothing but the dog in me"...

https://genius.com/George-clinton-atomic-dog-lyrics

My guess is that members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. (also known as "Omegas", "Ques", and the "Bruhs") perform their chant "Old Mother Hubbard" for fun (to entertain themselves) and to express praise for and reinforce what that fraternity considers to be the positive image of themselves as "dogs". n. The Ques' Old Mother Hubbard chant with her dog "having a bone of its own" fits these motifs.

Part I of this pancocojams series https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/george-clintonparliament-funkadelic-may.html indicates that George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic also probably is the source for the nasty parody of the "Old Mother Hubbard" nursery rhyme and in 2020 George Clinton was inducted as an honorary member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

The earliest example that I've found thus far for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity "Old Mother Hubbard" chant is 2012 (
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For the folkloric record, I'm interested in documenting the earliest date that any chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity performed their "Old Mother Hubbard" chant and the name of that chapter. Please share that information along with lyrics for that chant in the discussion thread for this post. Thanks.

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OTHER YOUTUBE VIDEO AND A YOUTUBE SOUND FILE OF OMEGA PSI PHI'S "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD CHANT"

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 -"This Is Alpha Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity"

-JonyMatt, Feb 13, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMereD1542I [4:33-5:30 in that song file & photo collage-

Eddison Arnold, May 21, 2020

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4-Omega Psi Phi Wedding Dance —Nothing but the DAWG in ME!

Chip Dizard Studios, Dec 13, 2016

http://chipdizardweddings.com/lit Omega Psi Phi Wedding Hops. Filmed and edited by Chip Dizard of Chip Dizard Weddings
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George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" begins at about .35 in this video.

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ANOTHER (WORD ONLY) OMEGA PSI PHI EXAMPLE OF "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD"
From https://www.horntip.com/mp3/2000s/2001ca_black_greek_soundz_songs_and_chants_(CDs)/2000_omega_psi_phi_fraternity/03_hey_que.htm *

"Soloist -"Hey Que!

Soloist- Hey Ques

Group Yeah

Soloist Hey Quess

Soloist Hey kaQues

Group Yeah

Soloist You nasty dogs

Group Yeah

Entire Group I saidah oh Mother Hubbard

She went to her cupboard

to get her Que dog a bone

Alright Alright Alright

But when she tipped o-ver [?]

The rover he tipped o-ver [?]

And gave her a bone of his own [begin more pronounced step movement]

He was a nasty nasty nasty

Ah Que DOG

He was a nasty nasty nasty

Ah Que DOG

Soloist Aiight Ques [“Aiight” means “Alright”]

Group Yeah

Soloist Hey Ques

Group Yeah

Soloist Yah dirty dogs

Group Yeah

Entire Group I saidah OOOOO OO MEGA

OOOOO OO MEGA

Soloist My brothers say

Entire Group Oof Oof [“Oof” representing Omega signature call dog barks]

Entire Group OOOOO OO MEGA

OOOOO OO MEGA

Soloist My brothers say

Entire Group Oof Oof

Soloist- Hey Ques

Group Yeah

Soloist Hey Quess

Soloist Hey kaQues

Group Yeah

Soloist You dirty dogs

Group Yeah

Entire Group Say 1-2345

Party hard we’re Q PSI Phi

Say 6-78910

Back it up and let’s do it again

Say 3- 9876

All the Ques got big ole

WHOOOOS!

5-4321

Omega party has just begun

A number of members WOOF [another signature Que bark]

Entire Group My brothers

A number of members WOOF WOOF

Entire Group Bow wow Bow wow

A number of members WOOF [another signature Que bark]

Entire Group My brothers

A number of members WOOF WOOF

Entire Group Bow wow Bow wow

Transcription Note: This structure and beginning words reminds me a little of the children’s foot stomping cheerleader cheer “Get Down” which starts “Hey (girl’s name) Girl answers “Yeah” Group responds Show me how you get down. Girl responds “No Way”. Group repeats “Hey (same girl’s name) Girl answers “Yeah” Group says “Show me how you get down”. Girl says “Okay” and the chants moves to the second part just as the Q chant does.

Also, the “1,2,3,4,5” part of the “Hey Que” chant is definitely the same as the children’s foot stomping cheerleader cheer “1,2,3,4,5” I wonder which came first?"
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Pancocojams Editor's Note (Azizi Powell, written Feb. 23, 2026)
I remember communicating with Jack Horntip on Mudcat folk music discussion thread in the early 2000s . I believe he got this information comparing this section of the Ques "Old Mother Hubbard" chant with versions of foot stomping cheer from me.
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*From AI Overview (February 23, 2026)
"The Jack Horntip Collection is a specialized archive of over 1,500 field recordings (approximately 80GB) compiled between 2004 and 2008, focusing on folk music, bawdy songs, and social folklore. It includes drinking songs, military, rugby, and fraternity/sorority songs, alongside children's rhymes.

Key features of the collection include:

Content Focus: The collection is heavily oriented towards traditional, often explicit or "unprintable" folklore, including rugby songs, football chants, and, more broadly, military and drinking songs."...

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George Clinton/Parliament Funkadelic Is Probably The Source Of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's Nasty Parody Of The "Old Mother Hubbard" Nursery Rhyme

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant.

This post presents information about what I believe is the probable source for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's parody of the "Old Mother Hubbard" Nursery rhyme.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/examples-of-omega-psi-phi-fraternity.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents some video examples and some word only examples of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's parodies of the "Old Mother Hubbard" nursery rhyme. That post also provides my sense of what I think are the purposes of that fraternity chant.

WARNING - These pancocojams posts on parodies of "Old Mother Hubbard" rhymes aren't suitable for children.

OH MOTHER HUBBARD
caller-Hey Ques
group -Yeah
caller -Hey Ques
group -Yeah
caller -I say Ques
group- Yeah
caller -You nasty dogs
group -Yeah)
(all chant together)
I saida
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her Que dog a bone.
But when she bent over,
Rover took over,
'Cause he had a bone of his own.

He was a nasty nasty
Que dog
He was a nasty nasty
Que dog
-JonyMatt, Feb 13, 2012 "This Is Alpha Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMereD1542I [4:33-5:30 in that song file & photo collage--

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TIME LINE OF MY SEARCH (THUS FAR) FOR THE SOURCE OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY'S "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD" CHANT

On February 17, 2026 I revisited this pancocojams page about historically Black Greek letter fraternity and sorority chants and songs https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_53.html "Examples beginning with O-R".

That page includes an example of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's
Old Mother Hubbard" chant. After reading that page, I decided to do a deep dive for the source of that fraternity chant.

Here's a summary of my search as of February 23, 2026

-Dec 01, 2001 - comment from catspaw49, http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=41824 "Nasty Nursery Rhymes" by catspaw49 on Dec 01, 2001 [This is an excerpt of that comment. The first example given is a version of "Jack Be Nimble" that in includes the word "di-k".]

"Well, they ain't exactly circulating on the schoolyards, but for sheer stupid and nasty, it's hard to beat Andrew "Dice" Clay with immortals like ...

The only one of his that I know for a fact WAS making the schoolyard rounds at least 40 years ago is a bit different than listed there. I remember it quite well:

Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the cupboard

To fetch her poor dog a bone.

But when she bent over,

Rover came over,

And he had a bone of his own."

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I was an active member of Mudcat from August 2005 until November 2014.

Catspaw is a White American male. The standup comedian Andrew "Dice" Clay is also a White American male.

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- February 17, 2026 - I read Andrew "Dice" Clay's Wikipedia page. Here's an excerpt from that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dice_Clay

"Andrew Clay Silverstein (born September 29, 1957)[1] known professionally as Andrew Dice Clay is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman", a cartoonishly hyper-masculine, Italian-American street-tough caricature that claimed to weaponise misogyny, ethnic bravado, and shock but caused widespread offense.[2][3]

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In September 1989, Clay performed a three-minute set to introduce Cher, at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, which included Otto Petersen's adult versions of the Mother Goose nursery rhymes. The incident led to MTV imposing a lifetime ban on Clay from appearing on the network.[23] The ban was lifted in 2011.…
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I added italics to highlight this sentence.

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- February 17, 2026 I read Otto Petersen's Wikipedia page. Here's the beginning paragraph of that page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Petersen
"Otto Sol Petersen (July 29, 1960 – April 13, 2014) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, and actor known for his act Otto and George, which he performed with his dummy George Dudley.[1] Petersen began performing with George as a street act in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s the act moved into night clubs and began to evolve into an "X-rated" act."...

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- February 17, 2026. I read this reddit.com discussion thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/comedy/comments/1n69utt/who_did_the_diceman_steal_his_whole_nursery_rhyme/ "Who did the diceman steal his whole nursery rhyme routine from?"

Here are some comments from that discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only. These numbers aren't the same as the numbers that were assigned in that discussion thread.

#1. QuiltedMonk, 2025
"Sadly can't remember where or when, but believe it was randomly on the radio one day I heard an older recording (60s or 70s) of a black comedian I did not recognize their voice doing word for word the Dice-man's signature Nursery Rhyme Routine. And the small club was going WILD. It was obviously a recording way before Dice's stadium era and I was floored when I heard it.

Sadly didn't follow up at the time, but I'm listening to a Youtube Essay about Dice wigging out at Jay Mohr about stealing a phrase, and wanted to revisit this.

Sadly can't seem to find anything online and wondering why this isn't more known... Does anybody know who the original comedian was and where a recording can be found? You'd be my hero if you do "

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2. LegendarySmokeStory, 2025
"I've heard it in recording of George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic from 1976.

https://youtu.be/r5aHD5ruSZ0?si=SMSnGwnq572jxpBz&t=768

"Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, snorting some THC. Along came a spider, slid down beside her, said What's in the bag bi-ch?"*
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

The YouTube link that is given in that comment is for "Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection (Live in Houston, TX, 1976), published by AM FUNK, Apr 17, 2017

I don't know where in that video the "Old Mother Hubbard" verse is given.

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3. QuiltedMonk OP,2025
"Thank you thank you! We've officially gotten one step further down the rabbit hole."

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4. LegendarySmokeStory, 2025
"I've wondered about this same thing. I love the Parliament concert linked above and have listened to it 100 times over 20 years. But i only recently realized it's similarity to Dice's bit and how it came before.

What else have you uncovered in this investigation? I'm also very interested."

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5. QuiltedMonk OP, 2025
"The Parliament Clip is the best piece of evidence so far. Looking into Blowfly's stuff for a minute and couldn't find any straight standup. All the recordings were with a band.

Next step is finding out where the local old heads hang out and see if I can quiz some elders."

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6. Ok-Fun-8586, 2025
"Check out “Take Your Dead Ass Home” from them too. Limericks, but same vibe."
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That redditt,com discussion thread has some other comments about the possible sources for these nasty nursey rhymes including these comments:

#7. 11cutandshuffle23,2025
"Rudy Ray Moore?"

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#8. Jackalope_Sasquatch, 2025
"That's who I thought of immediately..."

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9. QuiltedMonk OP, 2025
"Who I thought maybe but it was definitely a different voice."
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Another commenter asked if the Black comedian the original poster heard could have been Nipsey Russel and another commenter asked if that Black comedian could have been Red Foxx. However, the original poster didn't comment about those names.

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10. Cum Trumpet, 2025
"Otto Peterson, of Otto and George.

He mentioned it on Opie and Anthony, and Ron and Fez, and on Jay Morhs shows when he was alive.

The bit makes a lot more sense for a puppet act, no?"
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The word "he" in this comment appears to be a referent for White American comedian/ventriloquist Otto Peterson.

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11. Chuffer/Nutters, 2025
"When Dice was hige* and I was 14 I played him for my dad. My dad said about the nursery rhymes that he heard them many years ago, or when he was a kid."
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*Hige" is probably a typo for "huge"

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12. Technical_Moose8478, February 21, 2026
"Otto Petersen. He was a ventriloquist who originally wrote and performed the dirty nursery rhymes bit. He wasn't black, though."
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This is the last comment in that discussion thread as of February 23. 2026.

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Please share any information that you have about source of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant or any memories of when and where you first chanted that parody or first heard it chanted. Thanks in advance!

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

"This Is A War Cry" - African American Church "War Cries" (Information, Comments, & YouTube Videos)

"This Is A War Cry: Calling All Of The Warriors" ♪Micah Stampley

Praise & Worship Songs, Published on Mar 8, 2012

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about and five YouTube videos of African American church praise break chants and music that are referred to as "War Cries".

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. And thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Most of the content of this post was published in a 2015 pancocojams post that has been deleted.

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INFORMATION ABOUT CHRISTIAN CHURCH "WAR CRIES"
Christian "War Cries" are chants with up-tempo, "hot" percussive music that is sung and played for "praise breaks". The "War Cry" is most closely associated with Apostolic Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr. who spread his particular rendition of that chant throughout African American Apostolic and Pentecostal congregations as well as other Black and non-Black Christian congregations in the United States.

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THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH WAR CRIES
"War Cries" are part of the Apostolic and Pentecostal traditions of "praise breaks". The purpose of praise breaks is to help bring down the Holy Spirit so that worshippers praise God by doing the Holy dance ("shout", "get happy", "get your praise on", "cut a step"), by speaking in tongues, and in other ways.

Micah Stampley's "This Is A War Cry Calling All Of The Warriors" song was recorded in 2005. A recording of "War Cry" led by Bishop Moales, Sr. was released January 4, 2011 -after Bishop Moales, Sr's death. That album Greater Mount Calvary Live As Told By The Music Ministry was recorded when Bishop Moales' visited that church which is located in Washington DC. Bishop Moales' church was in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Here's an excerpt from a book about the Pentecostal denomination that describes "praise breaks" although it doesn't use that term:

"The Special Language of Pentacostalism [Pentecostalism]" from Elaine J. Lawless, God's Peculiar People University Press of Kentucky, 1988 http://www.folkstreams.net/context,104
"In a typical Pentecostal church service several activities are common, all of which are geared toward helping the group members get happy or get a blessing, which refers to states where uninhibited behaviors such as crying, dancing in the spirit (in possession), jerks, tongue-speaking, and shouting can be exhibited. Shouting can take various forms, from shrieking to crying to speaking in tongues. It is viewed as a supranormal utterance, and, like spirit dancing, cannot be controlled by the individual. This marks the distinction between such behaviors as secular activities and as sacred activities performed in the context of the church service. Under the power of the spirit of God, the saints are not responsible for their acts; performed by choice in the context of the “world.” The same acts become desecrated. Participation in congregational singing, dancing, shouting, praying, and tongue-speaking is strongly encouraged; saints long to see the house on fire for God, that is, all members actively involved in exalting God and invoking the spirit to move among the members.
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Referring to this chant & music as a "war cry" follows the Christian conceptualization of the devil being in constant warfare with Christians. People who are sanctified are considered to be "soldiers" who are "on the battlefield" for the Lord.

It's important to emphasize that "War Cries" are the opposite of plaintive or wailing vocalizations. "War Cries" are joyous, victorious praise giving to God.

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH "WAR CRIES"
These comments are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
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1. Love this song. I'm a warrior in the army of the Lord. I was getting my praise on the entire song !"
-sjett95, 2015 - Stampley♪", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOC2vR9nxhM "This Is A War Cry Calling All Of The Warriors ♪Micah

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2. "[Micah Stampley's] War Cry is the type of praise song that will get you up on your feet and make you feel like you are right there in the choir. The tempo is funky and upbeat and Stampley's voice is reminescent of Donnie McClurkin's in pitch as he actually demonstrates a high pitched war cry several times during the song. The chorus will have you repeating "This is the war cry...of the warriors...pick up your weapons: fight, fight! This is the war cry, of the warriors, pick up your weapons, fight, fight! This is the war cryyyyyyy...of the warriooooooorrrrss..."
- Beverly, "A Refreshing Addition to the Gospel Tradition", on April 3, 2005, http://www.amazon.com/Songbook-Micah-MICAH-STAMPLEY/dp/B0007VF29Q

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3. "I love this song it gets me in the spirit all the time"
-@Tammarrah100, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzorD7B_vyY&t=154s"Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr. leads The YES War Cry"

4. "how is this a WAR cry?"
-carter murphy, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3CWI6iR6U Ricky Dillard & New G "War Cry" [This video is no longer available.]

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5. "A cry for spiritual warfare, when the praise would muster up and they will use it against the enemy. Israel done this many a times before they battled, they would give a great shout of victory before they won the battle. That's what happened when Joshua led them to Jericho and their war cry tore down the walls. But you have to be sanctified in youur shout because Israel also lost the battle because they shout wasn't sanctified. BE SANCTIFIED IN YOU SHOUT, that's all I'm saying!"
-C.L. Banks, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3CWI6iR6U Ricky Dillard & New G "War Cry"

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6. "The war cry is the cry of Victory among the saints of GOD. It's war against the enemy. When you have been baptized in Jesus name and filled with the holyghost according to Acts 2:38 the devil lose you."
-Meyouna Johnson, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5qh71ar8U Ricky Dillard & New G "War Cry"

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7."Okay!!!!! I NEED me a church like this honey!!! Thats some old school praising!!! The energy!!! I need that in my life!!! My Goodness!!! Those people were shouting for their lives!! Amen!"
-fkn02, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3NuGb-DfXw "COGIC "WIC" Praise Break/War Cry"

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8. "To be honest the war cry is just a remake of the old times when they did this war cry wayy back. nobody made it they remade it into something more of the dayss now thts all"
- Skyler Hardy, 2012, "Ricky Dillard & New G - "War Cry" "

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9. "This video is 15 years old, but the power of the LORD is still bringing healing and deliverance. Thank you, Jesus ! 🙌💃🕺"
-@helengcray1125, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzorD7B_vyY&t=154s "Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr. leads The YES War Cry"

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"Puts me in warrior mode every time"
-@Tammarrah100, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzorD7B_vyY&t=154s "Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr. leads The YES War Cry"

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ADDITIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS
(These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.)

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Bishop Kenneth Moales Jr. - War Cry @ Lady Peggy Moales Homegoing

Dorian davis, Jun 11, 2018

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr. leads The YES War Cry

Joshua Brown, May 4, 2010

Great Uncle does it again! Bishop Kenneth H. Moales Sr. leads Greater Mount Calvary into a YES War Cry for our 44th church anniversary.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4- CALVARY WAR CRY

Byron Phillips Uploaded on May 10, 2009

SING VOICES OF CALVARY

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5- Ricky Dillard & New G "War Cry"

@TheSundaySchoolCollection, May 21, 2024

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Early 20th Century Gospel Song "Keep On The Firing Line" (Part II- Eight YouTube Videos From Various Countries)

Keep On The Firing Line (Mt Zion Apostolic Youth Choir)

1baw2009, Jul 10, 2012

Abiezer Youth Convocation Abiezer Pentecostal Church 94-96 Milvan Drive Toronto, Canada. Sunday, July 8, 2012 (PM)

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the early 20th century United States Southern Gospel song "Keep On The Firing Line".

This post showcases eight YouTube videos of "Keep On The Firing Line" from choirs, choral groups, and/or congregations in Canada, the United States (two videos), Jamaica, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Bahamas, and the Philippines. These videos are presented in chronological order with the oldest published video given first.

The Addendum to this post presents my comments about this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/early-20th-century-gospel-song-keep-on.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents information about and lyrics for That early 20th century religious song is credited to Bessie F. Hatcher (sometimes listed as Thatcher) or to Otis Leon McCoy. Both of these composers of religious music were White Americans.

The content of this post is presented for religious and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer of this song. Thanks to all those who are featured in this videos. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Bill & Gloria Gaither - Keep On the Firing Line [Live] ft. Anthony Burger

Gaither Music TV, Nov 1, 2012 [This church is in the United States.]

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Church On The Rock Kingston - Kerron Ennis- Keep on the Firing Line

Kerilee scars, Mar 17, 2014

Kerron Takes you back with this old time song [Kingston, Jamaica]

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4- Keep On The Firing Line St Peters Native Baptist Church The Bahamas

Saint Peter, Apr 27, 2019 [The Bahamas]

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5- Keep on the Firing Line | I Love the Lord | Church & Pastoral Anniversary 2019

G-Street Church, Oct 12, 2019

1632 Germany St, Columbia, SC 29204 [This is an Apostolic church in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.]
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For comparison's sake, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q4sPGQi_FU for a 2013 YouTube video that showcases a White American Baptist church music group from Charleston, South Carolina singing "Keep On The Firing Line".

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #6 -Keep On The Firing Line

FBCFI Hong Kong, Jan 25, 2021

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #7- Keep on the Firing Line

Baptist Heritage, May 13, 2024 [Christian college in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines]

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #8 - Keep On the Firing Line: Choir March Is Back

General Assembly Apostolic Church UK, Jan 15, 2025
#generalassemblyapostolicchurch

#generalassemblyapostolicchurch [London, United Kingdom]

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTES ABOUT SOME OF THESE VIDEOS.
These videos were somewhat randomly selected from other YouTube examples. After I published these videos, I noticed that most of the renditions that feature Black singers were from Apostolic Christian churches (Videos #1,Video #3, and Video #8.)

I also noticed that the music and singing for those Apostolic churches' renditions of "Keep On The Firing Line" reminded me of Jamaican Ska music. As per comments in their YouTube video discussion threads, a number of people from the congregations of Black Canadians' and Black United Kingdom's Apostolic churches are from Jamaican Apostolic churches whose music has that Ska sound.

Video #4 and #5 are exceptions to the videos that feature Black singers performing "Keep On The Firing Line" with a Ska sound. Video #5 showcases an African American Baptist church that performs that song with an African American Blues flavor. Video #4 showcases a congregation from the Native Baptist denomination in the Bahamas. That rendition doesn't have either a Ska flavor or a Blues flavor.

As somewhat of an aside, notice that most-if not all- of the females who are part of the congregation of the Apostolic churches cover their hair with a hat or with a scarf.

The female choir members in the Bahamas video also cover their hair. However, females in the African American church video aren't wearing hats or scarfs to cover their hair in church.

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