Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the lining out hymn/Gospel song "I Feel Good". This religious song is also known as "I Feel Good Good Good".
Part II of this series showcases a sound file of "I Feel Good" and presents several text examples of lyrics for Gospel versions of that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/11/together-as-one-hymn-choir-i-feel-good.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about African American lining out hymns and showcases a video filmed in 2002 of a lining out version of "I Feel Good". My partial transcription of that song is included in this post. Additions and corrections are welcome.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/11/three-youtube-examples-of-gospel-song-i.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases three videos of Gospel renditions of "I Feel Good".
The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the unknown composers of this song and thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the choir that is featured in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: I Feel Good - The Canton Spirituals
Pannellctp Traditional Gospel Music, Published on Aug 25, 2011
The Canton Spirituals cd "We'll See You In Church"
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Here are a few comments from this sound file's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. sharon alexander, 2013
"Look out Harvey, you shonuff sannnnning this song. Listen at Dewayne on the guitar play it boy."
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2. Jean Lewis, 2017
"OH I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETHIS SONG IT TAKES ME BACK TO MY GRANDPARENTS , OH YES JESUS I FEEL GOOD EVERYTIME I SING FOR JESUS ,,,,SAY THAT YALL , SAY THAT !!!!!!!!!!!! GO HEAD ON YAll SOUNDS GOOD ,, THE COVER ON THIS ALBUM/CD OF THE WHITE CHURCH REMINDS ME OF MY GRANDPARENTS CHURCH WAYYY OUT IN THE COUNTRY ON THE DIRT ROAD THERE SITS THE CHURCH WAYYY IN THE BACK AND THE LITTLE SMALL FAMILY GRAVEYARD IN THE BACK ,,,THIS SONG TAKES ME BACK,,,,,,,,,,,THANK YOU JESUS ........"
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3. Mr Simpson, 2018
"Singers today... They don't sing like this no more. This is from deep down in the soul"
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4. Darnell Veal, 2018
"Man I love Harvey so much he a beast I thank God I got a chance to meet him and talk with him in my home town Chicago he still killing and the cantons the hottest group out right now"
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SOME TEXT EXAMPLES OF THE GOSPEL SONG "I FEEL GOOD"
From https://namethathymn.com/hymn-lyrics/viewtopic.php?t=287
[Numbers added for referencing purposes only]
1. Post by Guest » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:58 pm
"I Feel Good
Intro: Well, I feel good, good, good
Well, I feel good, oh yes my Lord
Because there's something 'bout the Spirit of
Jesus that makes me feel good, good, good, good
Substitute phrases (for I feel good- last word repeated like good):
I can love
I've got joy
I can sing
I can serve
Do you feel good, good, good?
Do you feel good? Then clap your hands
Because there's something 'bout the Spirit of
Jesus that makes me feel good, good, good, good
Repeat Intro with all parts
Because there's something 'bout the Spirit of
Jesus that makes me feel good, good, good, good
This is from teh Acapella Company. I think they're pretty good."
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2. Post by jocerut » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:10 pm
Wow! I was amazed to see all the different versions of this song. My version.....
"I feel good, good, good
I feel good down in my soul
There's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good
Sometimes I'm up sometimes I'm down
Almost level to the ground
There's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good
You can't make me doubt it
I know too much about it
'Cause there's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good"
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3. Post by Guest » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:21 pm
"Went in the valley and I didn't plan to stay
My soul got happy and I stayed all day
There's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good
Jordan river is chilly and cold
It chills my body but not my soul
There's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good
If you do't believe i"ve been redeemed
Just follow me down to the Jordan stream
There's just something 'bout the love of Jesus
Makes me feel good, good, good"
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4. Post by Guest » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:05 am
CHORUS
I feel good good good
I feel good good good
Everytime I think about Jeus I feel good
Well I been baptised in Jesus name
Spoke in tongues when the Holy Ghost came
Everytime I think abou Jesus i feel good
I've never been to heaven but I'vebeen told
Walls of jasper streets of gold
Everytime I think about Jesus I feel good
Well I am sometimes up
Sometimes down
Sometimes almost to the ground
Everytime I think about Jesus I feel good
I've been mocked and I've been scorned
I been talked about sure as your born
Everytime I think about Jesus I feel good
I have heard the verses sung in a variety of different orders.......so iti is really up to you which order you sing them in.......I hope that this helps....."
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5. From https://genius.com/Acappella-i-feel-good-lyrics
[as sung by Acappella in that group's album "Sweet Fellowship
"Intro: (Barry starts)
Well, I feel good, good, good
Well, I feel good, oh yes my Lord
Because there's something 'bout the Spirit of
Jesus that makes me feel good, good, good, good
Substitute phrases (for I feel good- last word repeated like good):
I can love (Kevin joins)
I've got joy (Steve joins)
I can sing (Gary joins)
I can serve
Hey, I, I, I feel good yeah
Like I knew that I would
I feel good
Like I knew that I would now
Ya'll don't hear me, So good (so good)
So good (so good)
'Cuz I got you and you and you and you
Do you feel good? Then clap your hands
Because there's something 'bout the Spirit of
Jesus that makes me feel good, good, good, good"
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6. [Partial lyrics that I transcribed from Together As One Hymn Choir, Volume 3, Recorded Live at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rock Hill, SC November 22, 2002 [showcased in Part I of this pancocojams series, link given above. Additions and corrections welcome].
I feel good
I feel so good
I feel good
I feel so good
just as long as I know that
I’ve got Jesus
I feel good
I been to the Jordan river
and I been baptized
just as long as I know
that I got Jesus
I feel good
I feel good
I feel so good
I feel good
I feel so good
just as long as I know
that I’ve got Jesus
I feel good
I sat near my mother*
And my mother said
Won’t be back till judgement day
but as long as I’ve got Jesus
I feel good.
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The leader sings the first line and the rest of the choir (and the congregation) then sings along.
*This is my transcription of this video. Italics means that I'm not sure about this verse.
This transcription doesn't include all of the iterations of each verse and there's a least one verse I couldn't understand. Verses followed by the chorus were repeated more than once.
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This concludes Part II of this three part series.
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