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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bishop Ronald E. Brown - "Drive Old Satan Away" (sound file & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part series on the African American Jubilee (Gospel) song "Drive Old Satan Away".

Part II showcases a sound file of and lyric transcription of Pentecostal Bishop Ronald E. Brown's rendition of "Drive Old Satan Away" (with the Bishop's introductory remarks.) This example is from the late 20th century/early 21st century.

This post also includes text for the song "Drive Satan Away" as sung by Nu Beginning- featuring Damon Little.

A link to a version of this song by Little Cedric And The Hailey Singers is also included in this post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/05/two-really-old-school-versions-of.html for Part I of this series.

Part I features two late 19th century/early 20th century text examples (word only) versions of songs that include the line "Drive old Satan away".

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unnamed persons who composed this song and thanks to Bishop Ronald E. Brown and his congregation for this rendition. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Bishop Ronald e. brown " drive old satan away"



vann1024, Uploaded on Apr 28, 2011

this video is LONG OVERDUE.
I DON'T OWN ANY RIGHTS TO THIS SONG
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Selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread:
1drjcb, 2011
Yes sir, "Drive ole Satan away". Good God from Heaven! This is that old time sanctified, foot stomping, toung talking kind of church that I grew up with. God bless you vann1024 for posting.
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"toung talking" = tongue talking (speaking in tongues because you have been touched by the Holy Spirit)

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Khristian Dean Alexander, 2011
"We still sing this song in testimony service....... Yes Lord....Glory to God!!!

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Khristian Dean Alexander, 2012
in reply to question "Do churches still sing this song:
"Oh yes we do.............Bethel Temple Apostolic Church,"

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Elder Dexter Thomas, 2013
"yes sir this is old school"
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Here's some biographical information about Bishop Ronald E. Brown from http://www.ronaldebrown.com/bishopbio.html
"Bishop Ronald Elwood Hill Brown was born on Friday, March 14, 1947 in Savannah, Georgia.

...At the age of twenty-two, he opened the Faith Deliverance Evangelistic Center; later renamed Faith Tabernacle Deliverance Temple, Inc. Bishop Brown holds an honorary degree, Doctorate of Divinity, and Doctorate of Humane Letters from the United Christian College of Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was licensed and appointed Bishop of the United Pentecostal Churches of Deliverance to head the Faith Tabernacle jurisdiction under the auspices of Bishop S. D. Johnson in 1987. Bishop Robert Evans, founder of the End-Time Christian Fellowship Association in 1994, later ordained and gave Bishop Brown a formal Bishopric ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia....

His debut CD, entitled, "Live! Having Good Old Fashioned Church,” was released in September 1996 and remained on the Billboard charts for 30 weeks. He has also been featured in Gospel Industry Today Magazine and was one of the most talked about artist at the 1997 Gospel Music Workshop of America's board meeting in Houston, Texas. He followed his debut CD, with “Live! Having Good Old Fashioned Church Part II” and “The Sounds of Pentecost.” "

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INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS BY BISHOP RONALED E BROWN (from the sound file found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2ANs38sgE)
Note: The congregations' responses to Bishop Brown's call (words) are written in brackets.

"Every now and then we like to go way back.
[Yeah]
And pull out some old songs
[Yeah]
Hallelujah!
[Yeah] The congregation continues responding to each line of the introduction with “Yeah”; the pianist also plays a chord in response to each line of the introduction.
We’re talkin ‘bout spiritual warfare
We’re talkin bout pullin out the stronghold.
But there was an ooooold song
that they used to sing years ago.
There was an ooooold song
When it looked like the enemy was tryin to hinder,
When the devil was tryin to bind.
There was an oooooooold song
that they used to sing.
Hallelujah!
Somebody would get a tamborine.
Somebody had a washboard.
Somebody had a bass drum.
Somebody had different kind of music.
But they would get happy.
They would look at the saints of God
And say ___"[Bishop starts singing the song]

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LYRICS: DRIVE OLD SATAN AWAY
(as sung by Bishop E. Brown & congregation)
Note: The congregations' responses to Bishop Brown's call (words) are written in brackets.

Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
He come to hinder
[Drive old Satan away]
He come to hinder ya
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
We don’t want him here
[Drive old Satan away]
We don’t need him here
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Drive him away, Lord
[Drive old Satan away]
Drive him away, Lord
[Drive old Satan away]
Put the blood on him
(Wooh!) Blood of Jesus on ‘em, Yes, Lord!
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Yeah, drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help me drive old
[Drive old Satan away]
Help us drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Help us drive
[Drive old Satan away]
Yeah, ooooh.

[piano vamp and hand clapping]

(end of vamp)
I’m so glad I’m
[Save]
By
[The]
And I’ve got the Holy
[Ghost]
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This is my transcription of this sound file. Additions and corrections are welcome.

The lyrics to this song aren't fixed. Nu Beginning- featuring Damon Little's song "Drive Satan Away" appears to combines late 19th century songs "Old Man Satan" and "Drive Old Satan Away". A version of those two songs is given in Part I of this post.

Here are those lyrics as found at http://www.allgospellyrics.com/?sec=listing&lyricid=11789
"Verse 1
Hebrew children were in the fiery furnace and Daniel was in the lions' den. And old man Satan thought he had them in the palm of his hand.

Chorus
Drive ol' Satan away.

Verse 2
When Moses was leading the children out of Egypt land, they were stuck in the red sea with Pharoah's army behind them.


Chorus
Drive ol' Satan away.

Verse 3
When Jesus died on the cross, old Satan thought it was the end of Christ. They went to the tomb on the third day, he died and rose again.

Chorus
Drive ol' Satan away.

Drive ol' Satan away. Drive ol' Satan away. Drive ol' Satan away.

Vamp
Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away. Drive ol' man Satan away.
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Other examples of this song can be found on YouTube. Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tGbUCzcXbI for a recording of the song "Drive Satan Away" by Little Cedric And The Hailey Singers. That arrangement has a R&B/Soul flavor.

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