Five YouTube Eamples Of The African American Gospel Song "We've Come This Far By Faith" (with lyrics & information about its composer Albert A. Goodson)

 

Come This Far By Faith

1CNLT, Mar 9, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWiCeB2yMhs
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/celebrate-new-life-tabernacle-choir.html for a 2021 pancocojams post "Marching Into The Church Sanctuary Singing "We've Come This Far By Faith" (2014 YouTube video of Celebrate New Life Tabernacle Choir from Tallahassee, Florida). That post showcases this video and includes selected comments from its discussion thread.

Also, click  https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/01/nine-examples-of-gospel-song-weve-come.html for the 201r pancocojams post "Nine Examples Of The Gospel Song "We've Come This Far By Faith" (with lyrics). 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases four YouTube examples of the African American Gospel song "We've Come This Far By Faith".

This post also presents the lyrics for that song and information about its composer Albert A.Goodson.

The content of this post is presented for historical, religious, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes. 

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Albert A Goodson for composing this song and for his religious legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these YouTube videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of the examples of these songs on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPOSER OF THE GOSPEL SONG "WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH"

From https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-weve-come-this-far-by-faith

History of Hymns: 'We've Come This Far by Faith' 

By C. Michael Hawn, February 12, 2020
..."Albert A. Goodson (1933-2003), a Los Angeles native, and his twin brother were born to Arthur and Clara Goodson, who reared them in the Pentecostal tradition. According to an interview, Albert stated, “I started my interest in music as a child. However, my parents were too poor to buy a piano, so I would take a wooden board and pretend to play on it as if it were a keyboard” (Terry, 2016, n.p.). He received his only formal music education from musicians at Los Angeles’ St. Paul Baptist Church from age twelve including gospel music legends “Prof.” J. Earle Hines (1916-1960), the congregation’s minister of music, and pianist Gwendolyn Cooper-Lightner (1925-1999). The 200-voice choir was an inspiration. Goodson lived just down the street from St. Paul and could hear their rehearsals during the week:

'I enjoyed listening to the singers at the Baptist church so much... I learned everything the pianist would play. I could “hear” it during the week, and I would play it again and again in my mind (Terry, 2016, n.p.).'

Cooper-Lightner formed the Echoes of Eden choir at the church, a group that helped establish the congregation’s reputation in gospel music. Weekly broadcasts each Sunday reached an estimated audience of one million people in seventeen states. These financed recordings of the choir.

Goodson’s experience as the assistant pianist for the Echoes of Eden Choir and Hines Good Will Singers prepared him to be the choir director at Grace Memorial Church of God in Christ and the Opportunity Baptist Church. He moved to Chicago in 1955 to assume the position of minister of music at Fellowship Baptist Church. At the invitation of Thomas Wyatt (1891-1964), founder of Pentecostal “Latter Rain Movement,” Goodson returned to Los Angeles in 1961 to lead the interdenominational Wings of Healing Faith Choir. This choir complemented Wyatt’s Wings of Healing Ministry. Following this, he formed the Albert Goodson Singers. His skills as a pianist were recognized by requests for him to accompany some of the gospel legends such as the Sallie Martin Singers, the Simmons-Akers Singers, the Sky Pilot Choir, Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), and Thurston G. Frazier (1930-1974), director of the Voices of Hope Choir.

In the mid-twentieth century, Chicago was a major hub of African American gospel music with the presence of composer and publisher of African American gospel music Kenneth Morris and gospel performers Sallie Martin (1896-1988), Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), Roberta Martin (1907-1969), Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland (1931-1991), and others. During this time, Los Angeles was viewed as a place of opportunity for African Americans, but it was beginning to find its gospel voice. In addition to those mentioned above, Doris Akers (1922-1995), composer of “There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in this Place,” played a major role on the west coast (See Djedje, 1993, pp. 412-457). Goodson was one of the gospel artists that established Los Angeles as a center of gospel music in the African American tradition.

The first publication of the song ["We've Come This Far By Faith] was as a choral octavo in 1956. The first album released by Voices of Hope in 1960 included Goodson’s “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” under the direction of Thurston G. Frazier. Though Frazier is listed as the arranger of the music as found in Songs of Zion, one will recognize his influence only on the choral parts. Compared with the musical score, the accompaniment on the first recording is much more developed. This recording with Gwendolyn Cooper-Lightner on piano and Goodman on the Hammond organ is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=VNVSZ338nmQ&feature=emb_logo. *

African American gospel music scholar Horace Clarence Boyer indicates the significance of this hymn in African American worship by observing that many congregations in this era began worship with “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” as the processional and concluded worship with Thomas A. Dorsey’s “God Be with You” (Boyer, 1995, p. 206). The song was composed during the brief time after Goodson moved from Los Angeles to Chicago:

'I was living in Chicago, alone. I was never married, and I didn’t have a relative or a close friend in that city. I became very discouraged. One day, during a depressed state, I sat down at the piano in a friend’s home and began to play a melody running through my mind. As I played the Lord seemed to speak to me saying, “We’ve come this far by faith. . .” (Terry, 2016, n.p.).'

A composer of other songs, Goodson was surprised at the song’s success:

'I never thought my song would be a hit, because it sounded like a Sunday School song to me. But it just seemed to take immediately. People started singing it everywhere. I just couldn’t believe it. . . . And I’ve written other songs but they have never done what that song has done (Djedje, 1993, p. 421).'

The song was first performed in 1956 by the Radio Choir of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Chicago. Goodson found solace in 1 Peter 1:7: “...the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ . . .” (KJV) (Terry, 2016, n.p.). One is also reminded of I Samuel 7:12, “Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us” (KJV). The famous reference to the Ebenezer stone is also cited in stanza 2 of “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by Robert Robinson (1735-1790). In addition, see I Chronicles 17:16b: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?” (KJV)

Stanza 1, beginning with “Don’t be discouraged . . .,” offers encouragement with the assurance that “He’ll bear your burdens.” Stanza 2 offers a personal testimony, beginning with a spoken recitation, “Just the other day I heard a man say he didn’t believe in God’s Word . . .”. The response of the witness is, “He’s never failed me yet.”...
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*This song file is given as YouTube Example #2 immediately below.

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OFFICIAL LYRICS FOR "WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH"

(by Albert A. Goodson)

We've come this far by faith
Leaning on the LORD
Trusting in His Holy Word
He never failed me yet
Oh' can't turn around
We've come this far by faith

(Repeat)

Don't be discouraged
when trouble comes into your life
He will bear your burdens
And remove all our misery and strife
And that's why

Chorus

Just the other day
I heard a man say
He didn't believe in God words
But I can truly say the lord will make a way
because He, He's never failed me yet.

Chorus

Online Source: https://www.elyrics.net/read/c/carlton-pearson-lyrics/we_ve-come-this-far-by-faith-lyrics.html

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MORE SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES OF THIS GOSPEL SONG

These examples are given in no particular order.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

YouTube Example #2 - Voices of Hope singing "We"ve Come This Far By Faith"

Gospellin, April 13, 2009

Wonderful choir from Los Angeles under the direction of Thurston Frazier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVSZ338nmQ&t=89s

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YouTube Example #3- Bishop Carlton Pearson - We've Come This Far By Faith | Live At AZUSA 4

WY Music '95, Nov 22, 2023  #azusa #carltonpearson

Ⓒ 2001 Azusa Music Group, a division of Higher Dimensions, Inc.

ORU Mabee Center - Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2xJlXpHBPQ

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YouTube Example # 4- Rev. Milton Biggham - We've Come This Far By Faith

Malaco Gospel, October 17, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81a7V0MhJpg

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YouTube Example #5 - Troy Ramey - We've Come This Far

malacomg, Apr 2, 2014  #ClassicGospel #SoulGospel #SouthernGospel

Experience the uplifting power of "We've Come This Far" by the legendary Troy Ramey. This timeless gospel classic delivers a message of resilience and faith through powerful vocals and soulful  arrangements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0jW7ELHuZM

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"Walk Together Children" Spiritual Sung By Choir Wearing Kente Cloth Stoles (video, lyrics, information) 2026 reprint

Walk Together Children

MetroSingers, Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

MetroSingers, Hyattsville, MD
http://www.metrosingers.com

Song recorded and produced by Hope Channel
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Here's a comment exchange from this video's discussion thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5NaxKOVlI

"Awsome performance. Who's arrangement is this."
-jimmyj09, 2010

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"Dr. Raymond Wise - an AMAZING gospel performer/arranger/composer. i had the blessing of singing in his gospel choir at Ohio State University while he was there. so great!"
-allisonpepple, 2010

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This pancocojams  post showcases a performance of the African American Spiritual "Walk Together Children" (also known as "There's A Great Camp Meeting In The Promised Land"). Information about an early arranger of that Spiritual and the lyrics to a contemporary arrangement of that song are also included in this post.

This post also includes information about the custom of African American choirs & other African American people wearing Ghanaian kente cloth stoles, as shown in the featured video.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unknown composer/s of "Walk Together Children". Thanks also to the arrangers of that song, particularly to Moses John Rosamond Johnson. Thanks to the choir that is featured in this video & to the arranger of that rendition of that Spiritual. Thanks also to those who are quoted in this post & to the publisher of that featured video.
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This is a reprint of a 2013 pancocojams post with the same title. That post has four comments and is still available on this blog. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/10/walk-together-children-lyrics-examples.html

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ARRANGEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS "NEGRO SPIRITUALS"
From http://www.negrospirituals.com/composers.htm
"Composers:

The authors of the first Negro spirituals are not known: these were spontaneous, unwritten songs.

After the Civil War, African American musicians arranged Negro spirituals, then composed the first Gospel songs. Here are short biographies of some composers...

John Rosamond JOHNSON (1873-1954)

His father was born free in Virginia. His mother taught school and had knowledge on the European tradition in music.

He obtained his musical education in the New England Conservatory, then in London, England. With his brother James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), a poet writer, he collected and arranged old Negro spirituals.

Together with his brother and Bob Cole, he sang secular songs.

His best known choral work is "Walk Together, Children" (1915) but he also composed the anthem « Lift Every Voice and Sing ».
He served as the director of the Music School Settlement for Colored, New York."

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Click http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/there_s_a_great_camp_meeting.htm for an arrangement of "There's A Great Camp Meeting In The Promised Land" that was included in the 1940 book American Negro Songs edited by John W. Work

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A commonly found arrangement of "Walk Together Children", particularly for children & youth, is to substitute the verb in each verse of that song. In so doing, "Walk Together Children" serves as a great example of a "zipper song":

Walk together children.
Don't you get weary.
Walk together children.
Don't you get weary.

Walk together children.
Don't you get weary.
Walk together children.
Don't you get weary.
There's a great camp meeting in the Promised Land.

Talk together children etc.

Sing together children etc.

Shout together children etc.

Pray together children etc.

Work together children etc.

[Add other action words & end with "Walk together" verse.]

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LYRICS WALK TOGETHER CHILDREN
(as arranged by Dr. Raymond Wise)

Chorus:
O, Walk together children
Don’t you get weary
Walk together children
Don’t you get weary
Walk together children
Don’t you get weary
There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land

Talk together children
Don’t you get weary
Talk together children
Don’t you get weary
Talk together children
Don’t you get weary
There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land

Soloist: One of these days and it won’t be long
Group: Walk together children don’t you get weary
Soloist: You gonna look for me and I’ll be gone
Group: There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land
Soloist: When I get to heav’n gonna sing and shout
Group: Walk together children don’t you get weary
Soloist: There’ll be nobody there to put me out
Group: There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land

Chorus
[So] Walk together children etc.

Part of Group: We gonna walk
Remainder of Group: Yes we gonna walk
We gonna talk
Yes we gonna talk
We gonna shout
Yes we gonna talk
We gonna sing
Yes we gonna sing

We gonna walk
We gonna walk
We gonna talk
We gonna talk
We gonna shout
We gonna shout
We gonna sing
We gonna sing
We gonna walk
Walk
We gonna talk
Talk
We gonna shout
Shout
Sing
Sing all the glory to Jesus
We gonna walk
Yes we gonna walk
We gonna talk
Yes we gonna talk
We gonna shout
Yes we gonna talk
We gonna sing
Yes we gonna sing
We gonna walk
We gonna walk
We gonna talk
We gonna talk
We gonna shout
We gonna shout
We gonna sing
We gonna sing
We gonna walk
walk
Talk
talk
Shout
Shout
Sing
Sing
Sing hallelujah to Jesus
Because there’s a great camp meeting
A great camp meeting
A great camp meeting
In the Promised Land.
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Transcription by Azizi Powell from the video. Additions & corrections are welcome.

Term Explanations:
Camp meeting - an outdoor worship gathering of Christians

Promised Land - Heaven

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ADDENDUM - AFRICAN AMERICANS WEARING KENTE CLOTH STOLES
Beginning around 1960s and increasingly since the 1980s, African Americans ministers and choirs have worn kente cloth stoles as a fashion accessory to their church robes. Kente cloth stoles symbolize these ministers' & choir members' identification with their African heritage.

By far the most commonly found example of kente cloth that is worn in the USA is the red & orange colored kente cloth stole with the pattern shown in the "Walk Together Children" video that is featured in this post. This color combination & pattern of kente cloth is so widespread among African Americans who wear kente cloth that many African Americans think that this is the only traditional color combinations and patterns of that cloth. However, one popular custom among African Americans who are members of a historically Black fraternity or sorority is to wear a kente cloth stole over their robes during their graduation ceremony commencement. Those Greek letter stoles are made in the two colors that are association with those fraternities or sororities and include the initials of the graduates' fraternity’s or sorority’s Greek letter name.

This custom of Black graduates accessorizing their graduation robes with a kente cloth stole expresses those graduates' identification with and pride in their African heritage and their Black Greek lettered organization, as well as their pride in their accomplishment of graduating from that university or college.

Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kente_cloth and http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/kente/top.htm for information about kente cloth.

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/02/wearing-kente-cloth-stoles-during.html for the 2014 pancocojams post entitled "Wearing Kente Cloth Stoles During American Graduation Ceremonies".

Kente Graduation Stole Meanings and Symbolism

Sankofa Edition, Oct. 21, 2021

Find out what the symbols of kente cloth mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mIEhFUcAY
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This video shows the red. yellow, and green color combination that is used in the version of kente cloth stoles that is frequently worn by African Americans over their black robes during their university graduation ceremonies. I refer to kente cloth with this color combination as "pan African kente cloth, because it is the same color combination with the color black as pan-African flags.

This particular version of kente cloth became the customary color combination for African American university graduation stoles since around 2015. From around 2000 to 2014, the most common color combinations for kente cloth stoles in the United States-including graduation stoles-was an orange-red combination. That color stole is worn by choir members in the 2009 YouTube video that is shown at the top of this post.

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African American Gospel song "I Am Determined To Walk With Jesus" (2012 YouTube video with lyrics)

FBC Mass Choir... I Am Determined To Walk With Jesus

FairfieldBC, Mar 7, 2012 (Lithonia, Georgia)
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"mass choir"= a combination of members of all of the choirs in a particular church or organization)

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This pancocojams post showcases a 2012 YouTube video of Fairfield Baptist Church  mass choir singing the Gospel song "I Am Determined To Walk With Jesus".

The lyrics for that song are included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for religious, historical, and inspirational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unknown composer/s of this Gospel song. Thanks to the choir and all those who are featured in this video, and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. Thanks also to the website editor who shared these lyrics online.  

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LYRICS- I'M DETERMINED TO WALK WITH JESUS

(African American Traditional)

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

Through all trials, tribulations, persecution,

I'm determined.

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

Through all trials, tribulations, persecution,

I'm determined.

I'm determined to walk with Jesus, yes, I am.

I'm gonna walk with Jesus.

I'm gonna walk with Jesus.

 Source: Zion still Sings #175

Online source:  https://hymnary.org/text/im_determined_to_walk_with_jesus

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The Jubalaires -"God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down" (1947 Black American Gospel recording)

 upgrayeeed, May 21, 2010

1947(?)

Left to right: Orville Brooks, Ted Brooks, Caleb Ginyard and George McFadden.

[picture from vocalgroupharmony.com]

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This pancocojams post showcases The Jubalaires' recording of the Black American Gospel song "-"God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down". This Gospel song is also known as "Run On For A Long Time".

This post presents information about The Jubalaires as well as the lyrics for that song and an explanation about what the title of that song means.

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

All copyrights remain with the owners.

Thanks to the Jubalaires and thanks to the composer/s of this Gospel song. 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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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/01/the-jubailaires-noah-1940s-gospel-rap.html for the pancocojams entitled "The Jubailaire's Noah - 1940s Gospel Rap (video, information, and lyrics)" and was published on pancocojams in 2012..

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/03/early-rap-recordings-and-lyrics-for.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Rap Sounding Recordings Before The Rap Genre Started For "The Preacher And The Bear" By The Golden Gate Quartet & The Jubaliares"

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE JUBALAIRES
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jubalaires
"The Jubalaires were an American gospel group active between 1935 and 1962. Originally known as the Royal Harmony Singers,[1] the band was known for song verses delivered in a rhythmic, rhyming style that has been described as an early version of rapping.[3][4]

History

The band's name was derived from Jubal, a biblical figure in Genesis who is sometimes regarded as "the father of all harpists and organists."[5]

The band reached no. 10 on the R&B charts on November 14, 1942, with "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" a song adapted from the speech of a naval chaplain in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor the previous year.[6] Other releases included "Before This Time Another Year" / "Ezekiel (Saw the Wheel A Rollin')" (released under the Decca Records label), "God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down" / "Go Down Moses" (King Records), and "My God Called Me This Morning" / "Ring That Golden Bell" (King Records).[7]

[…]

In 1946, the Jubalaires secured a spot on Arthur Godfrey's CBS radio show.[9] Willie Johnson left the Golden Gate Quartet to take the lead of the group in 1948, and in 1950 the band appeared in the musical comedy film Duchess of Idaho.[2][10]

[…]

Most of the music by the Jubalaires was released by Queen Records, a King Records subsidiary specializing in African-American music. However, later reissues of their music appeared under King Records.[13]

[…]

Background information

Origin  Florida, United States

Genres American folk, gospel, spirituals, proto-rap

Years active     1935–1962

Labels  Capitol, Decca, King”…
“Proto-rap” means "... black individuals engaging in some type of spoken word activity before rap became a recognizable genre in the 70s."
-https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsTalkMusic/comments/15ky841/what_counts_as_protorap/

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
From AI Overview
"The earliest recorded version of the traditional folk song "Run On For A Long Time" (often known as "God's Gonna Cut You Down" or "God Almighty's Gonna Cut You Down") is generally credited to the Golden Gate Quartet, who recorded it on June 5, 1946.

Here are the key early recordings of this traditional song:

1946: The Golden Gate Quartet.

1947: The Jubalaires (first issued/released version).

1949: Bill Landford & The Landfordaires (released "Run On For A Long Time").

Key Details:

Nature of the Song: It is a traditional American folk/gospel hymn that has been recorded in various genres.

Other Early/Notable Versions: Odetta recorded a version in 1956. Elvis Presley recorded a version titled "Run On" in 1967.

Moby's Sample: The 1999 song "Run On" by Moby, which popularized the song for many, is a remix that heavily samples the 1949 recording by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires.

Johnny Cash: His well-known version was recorded in 2003 and released posthumously on American V: A Hundred Highways (2006

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LYRICS - GOD ALMIGHTY'S GONNA CUT  YOU DOWN'*
(as recorded by The Golden Gate Quartet

"You may run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Let me tell you, God Almighty gonna cut you down

You may run home for a long time

You may run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Let me tell you, God Almighty′s gonna cut you down

Go tell that long tongued liar (well, well)

Go tell that midnight rider (well, well)

Tell the gambler, the rambler, backbiter

Tell 'em God Almighty′s gonna cut 'em down

 

Stop, God Almighty, let me tell you the news

My head been wet with the midnight dews

Now I been down on my bended knees

Talkin' to the Man from Galilee

My God spoken, he spokes so sweet

I thought I heard the shuffle of angels′ feet

He put one hand upon my head

Great God Almighty, let me tell you what He said

Go tell that long tongued liar (well, well)

Go tell that midnight rider (well, well)

Tell the gambler, the rambler, backbiter

Tell ′em God Almighty gonna cut 'em down

You may run home for a long time

You may run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Let me tell you, God Almighty′s gonna cut you down

You may throw your rocks and hide your hand

Working in the dark against your fellow man

But you sure as God made the day and the night

What you do in the dark will be brought to the light

You can run and hide, slip and slide

You talk about the mote in your neighbor's eyes

But you sure as God made rich and the poor

You going to reap just what you sow

You can run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Let me tell you, God Almighty′s gonna cut you down

Go tell that long tongued liar

Go tell that midnight rider

Tell the gambler, the rambler, backbiter

Tell 'em God Almighty gonna cut ′em down

Some brother go to church just to signify

You try to make a date with the neighbor's wife

But brother let me tell you just as sure as you're born

You better leave that woman alone

Because one of these days you mark my word

You′ll think brother has gone to work

You′re going to creep up and knock on his door

That's all brother, you′ll knock no more

You can run home for a long time

You may run home for a long time

Run home for a long time

Let me tell you, God Almighty's gonna cut you down

Go tell that long tongued liar (well, well)

Go tell that midnight rider

Tell the gambler, the rambler, backbiter

Tell ′em God Almighty's gonna cut ′em down"
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Statement on that page: "Writer(s): Clyde Riddick, Orlandus Wilson, Willie B Johnson, Henry Lee" Owens members of the Golden Gate Quartet]

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/The-Golden-Gate-Quartet/God-Almighty-s-Gonna-Cut-You-Down
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The words "Run on for a long time/God Almighty gonna cut you down" means "people may do evil for a long time, but they will eventually have to face God's punishment."

The lyrics "Run home for a long time" in that musixmatch transcription are always given as "Run on for a long time" in other transcription of this Gospel song . 

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The Custom That Patti Labelle, Fantasia, LaSun Pace And Some Other African American Female Singers Have Of Kicking Off Their Shoes While SANGING

LaShun Pace - I Know I've Been Changed

 malacomg,  May 23, 2014

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This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about YouTube comments from African Americans about a video that was published on YouTube in 2014 of Lashun Pace sanging the Gospel song "I Know I've Been Changed".

In addition to that YouTube video, this post presents some comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread about Lashun Pace and the custom that she, Patti Labelle, Fantasia and some other African American female vocalists' (especially Gospel singers) have of stepping out of their shoes when they are sanging.

Addendum #1 of this post presents my editor's comment from the closely related 2018 pancocojams post "Patti LaBelle's & Fantasia's Custom Of Kicking Off Their Shoes or Taking Off Their Shoes During Their Performances (with two videos)" https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/09/patti-labelles-fantasias-custom-of.html

Addendum #2 of this post presents an AI Overview about Patti Labelle and Fantasia removing their shoes when they sing certain songs. 

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/04/lashun-pace-sanging-gospel-song-i-know.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents some information about Lashun Pace and presents some comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread that include affirming responses about Lashun Pace sanging that Gospel song.

A definition of the word "affirm" in the phrase "affirming comments" and a definition of "sanging" are included in this post.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Lashun Pace for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the film maker for this clip and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. Thanks also to Patti Labelle and Fantasia for their musical legacies. 

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DEFINITION OF "SANGING"
"Sanging" is a present tense English language verb that means "to sing very well, especially to sing soulfully very well"

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS SHOWCASE YOUTUBE ABOUT LASHUN PACE KICKING OFF HER SHOES WHILE SINGING THE GOSPEL SONG "I KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED 

Numbers added for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzMKZcoFTrM

2016

1. @empressmystique260
"You know it gets serious when the shoes come off. She went from singing to ministering in an instant. Anointed!!"

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2. @bakaribrown9642
''Lordt you know when the kitten heels come off. You gone be laid over in the spirit"
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Pancocojams edito's note: "Kitten heels" is a reference for women's shoes with a very small heel.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten_heel ]

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3. @tiarrezachery
"lolllll"

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4. @iampeaches1924, 2017
"bakari brown lol lord Jesus I cracked up at kitten heels 😂😂"

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5. @BellaPenns,2018
"A year later, and we are still falling out at this comment! LOL!

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2017

6. @brickcitychick5404
"U know this Sista is sangin from the heart...and straight out of her church shoes! 😄😄 SAAANG!!!"

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7. @joliegarrett, 2019
"Now THAT'S SANGIN'!!! HALLELUJAH!!!"

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2018

8. @11sophiemarie
"In church, or any gospel event. When a big woman, in sequins or rhinestones, kicks off her shoes: oh the Holy Spirit is coming in and it's going to get real.

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9. @tashawnayoung3782
"Yes when them shoes come off its over

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10. @benjaminjeanes998
"Step in that water sister.. Amen"

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11. @cutetimesinfinity3368
"Yeah. You already know."

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12. "lilsparrow7845, 2018
"Lol....yup..".

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13. @atlsongbyrd6084, 2019
"Right! I saw Fantasia take her shoes off at Aretha Franklin's funeral and I knew it was about to be on and poppin lol!"

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14. @abigailvincent4909,2020
"Especially the kitten heels"

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15. @bridgettstrawbridge, 2020
"☝🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽✨✨✨ For Show 😅😅😅 GLORY TO "GOD"!!!"

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2019

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2020

@Gr8LilLady
16. "Daniel Hawkins, when they kick off dem shoes OH! It's gone down! If you don't believe Sista La Shaun Pace, then you Betta ask Sista Patti Labelle 🤣😳😍"

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@czahnie
17. "Those shoes came off and she stuck her whole foot in that song !"

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18. @PeaceNHairGrease
"👠🥿👡👢💪🏽🗣🗣🗣it’s time to sang"

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2021

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2023

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2024

19. @felicialockett6606
"SAAAAAAAAANG GIRL!!!!!!!!!  This never gets old...."

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20. @mamared41
"You already know its going down when the shoes come off"

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21. @DivaStylesbyTrish
"Good Lord she sings this song!"

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22. @sonwabosiyengele106
"When she took her shoes off and sang "I step in the water" 🙏❤️"

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2025

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2026

23. @kentglover1953
"It was over when she took off her shoes and stepped in the water!🙏🏽"

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24. @hattiethompson8540
"once them shoes come off...you will be delivered ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

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ADDENDUM #1- PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
From https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/09/patti-labelles-fantasias-custom-of.html "Patti LaBelle's & Fantasia's Custom Of Kicking Off Their Shoes or Taking Off Their Shoes During Their Performances (with two videos), September 2, 2018

Here are the links and titles for these YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmz0LIu9j0 "Fantasia Performs Musical Tribute (Aretha Franklin Memorial)", published by Alan Kahn, Aug 31, 2018

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhUPpChcSI "Patti Labelle - Isn't it a shame" ; golden0eye, Mar 10, 2007

Some commenters in these two videos' discussion threads suggest that taking off her shoes has become an expected feature of Patti LaBelle's "over the top" performances which also used to include rolling on the stage while continuing to sing.

A number of commenters write that Fantasia takes off her shoes because she is modeling her performance style after Patti LaBelle.

A few commenters wrote that the reason why these singers take off their shoes is to get comfortable.

At least one commenter wrote that Fantasia takes off her shoes because she's a country gal (from High Point, North Carolina). But, the "country gal" theory doesn't fit Patti LaBelle who is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

However, many commenters in these two featured discussion threads believe that Patti LaBelle and Fantasia remove their shoes because it is a Pentecostal church custom to do so. If I correctly understand what was written, those commenters indicated that people who take off their shoes are either feeling the Holy Spirit or they are getting ready to feel the Spirit, i.e. getting ready to "shout", "getting happy”, “going in”.

One interpretation of those comments* could be that when women feel like they are getting ready to "go in" i.e. "get happy", they take off their high heel shoes** so that they can do the Holy dance better (without less restraints). An explanation for this precaution is that when people are feeling the Spirit, in the "heat of that moment", they might hurt themselves or hurt someone else if their shoes go flying because they have "danced out of their shoes" (because they are dancing so energetically). To prevent this from occurring, a person who feels the Spirit coming on might prevent these mishaps by taking off their shoes.
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*As a Baptist from the Northern region of the United States, I have a few recollections of (mostly) women being supported by church nurses because they felt the Spirit. However, I've seen very few people (in my home church or any other Baptist of Methodist churches that I've attended) doing a holy dance, with or without their shoes on.

**The comments in those discussion threads about taking off your shoes when you are about to feel the Spirit appear to refer only to women (who presumably are wearing high heels, since that is almost always the shoe fashion for church or other formal occasions

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ADDENDUM #2- AI OVERVIEW
[retrieved on April 8, 2026]

"Patti LaBelle famously kicks off her shoes during live performances as an authentic, often spontaneous, showmanship move born from practical necessity. She has explained that the habit began when her feet (specifically a corn) hurt, forcing her to shed heels to perform comfortably, and it evolved into an iconic sign of passion and a way to connect with the audience.

Patti LaBelle’s Shoe Kick:

Origin: The 80-year-old diva confessed on the Sherri show that the habit started because her corn was hurting.

Significance: It serves as a sign of her "passing the shoe" or offering a completely uninhibited performance, often requested back at the end of the show.

Viral Moments: Many videos on YouTube and Facebook show her removing her shoes, sometimes throwing them, and sometimes having artists like Prince in the audience witness it.

Recent Events: She continued this tradition in 2023, performing barefoot while singing "If Only You Knew".

Fantasia's Performance Style:

Like LaBelle, Fantasia is known for extremely passionate, emotive, and visceral performances that often involve high-energy movements.

While Patti is specifically known for "kicking off" shoes, performers like Fantasia often remove shoes or perform barefoot to fully embody the raw emotion of a song, creating a similar "no-shoes" experience of raw, authentic performance.

Both artists use this technique to signify that they are letting go of inhibition, focusing entirely on delivering a raw, vocal performance."
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Notice that this AI Overview doesn't mention that the singers remove their shoes when they sing certain songs-especially Gospel songs-because they are feeling the Holy Spirit. As a result I think that this write-up is incomplete if not inaccurate.  

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LaShun Pace SANGING The Gospel Song "I Know I Been Changed" (2014 YouTube Video & Examples Of Affirming Responses From That Video's Discussion Thread)

 

LaShun Pace - I Know I've Been Changed

 malacomg,  May 23, 2014
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Statistics for this YouTube video (as of April 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM EDT)
total # of views - 11,711,825 total # of comments -6,534

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Gospel singer Lashun Pace sanging "I Know I've Been Changed."

This post presents some information about Lashun Pace and presents some comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread about that vocalist's rendition of that song, with a focus on comments that document the use of certain  African American Vernacular English affirming responses.

A definition of the word "affirm" in the phrase "affirming comments" and a definition of "sanging" are included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/09/patti-labelles-fantasias-custom-of.html for Part II of this pancocojams post. That post presents some comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread about Lashun Pace and the custom that she, Patti Labelle, Fantasia and some other African American female vocalists' (especially Gospel singers) have of stepping out of their shoes when they are sanging.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Lashun Pace for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the film maker for this clip and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.  

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INFORMATION ABOUT LASHUN PACE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaShun_Pace
"Tarrian LaShun Pace (September 6, 1961 – March 21, 2022),[1] professionally known as LaShun Pace and sometimes credited as LaShun Pace-Rhodes or Shun Pace-Rhodes, was an American gospel singer, songwriter and evangelist. Pace was also a Stellar Award winner.

[...] 

Career

Pace began singing professionally during her teen years in the mid-1970s, performing solo and later alongside her sisters in the group The Anointed Pace Sisters, which formed in the late 1980s. Pace's singing and ministering skills were honed while she was on tour with the Rev. Gene Martin and the Action Revival Team, and with The Edwin Hawkins Singers from 1986 until her death.

In 1988 she recorded In the House of the Lord with Dr. Jonathan Greer and the Cathedral of Faith Church of God in Christ Choirs for Savoy Records. The label signed Pace as a solo artist soon afterwards. In 1990, she released her debut album He Lives, which reached the number two spot on the Billboard gospel charts and featured her signature song "I Know I've Been Changed". The follow-up song Shekinah Glory, appeared in 1993. Three years later, Pace returned with Wealthy Place, which included the song "Act Like You Know" featuring Karen Clark Sheard."...

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DEFINITION OF THE WORD "AFFIRM" IN THE PHRASE "AFFIRMING COMMENTS"
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affirm

"affirm"
1
a:. to validate, confirm

b : to state positively

[...]

3.
: to show or express a strong belief in or dedication to (something, such as an important idea)"
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Two examples of  "affirming" comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread are 'Amen", "Facts"*, and "Yes" and its African American Vernacular English form Yass"**. 

* "Facts" is a shortened form of the affirming statement "That's a fact".

**Adding one or more letter "s" to the word "Yes" ("Yas") increases the intensity of that word.

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DEFINITION OF "SANGING"
"Sanging" is a present tense English language verb that means "to sing very well, especially to sing soulfully very well"

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS SHOWCASE YOUTUBE 

Numbers added for referencing purposes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzMKZcoFTrM

2014

1.@KarenSmith-mw6mz
"Now you know this is music without the music......!!!!!! Lawd....this lady made me feel the love of GOD"

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2. @aneshiaaugustine, 2015
"yes lawd i got chills!! AMEN"

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3. @wwmerch, 2017
"Wow, i hadn't even noticed there were no instruments! !! It sounded that good!!"

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4. @dsb188
"She sang the mess out of that song..Yes Lord"

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5. @breannaburpo8536, 2016
"yasss💜🤗"

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6. @ahmawanahj9862, 2021
"Y e s ! 😌✨💞💞"

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2016

7. @princessdonn1912
"yassss!!!!!  this song is very POWERFUL AND SHE CAN SANG!!

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8. @simontavoi3080
"Yaaaasssss Queeennnnn ! 🙏"

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0. @zackhare7988
"never seen nobody sing this way good lord"

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10. @Rick3795, 2018
"Zack Hare true"

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11.@jermainebruce68
"Come thur Baptist!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽"

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12.@MylesJonesTheSingerr, 2017
"Lashun is COGIC"

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13.@im2krunk, 2017
"MylesJonesTheSinger

I believe he is referring to the song itself and not the singer. A lot of those old Black Southern Baptist songs have that slowwwwwww drag hand clap because they didn't allow instruments in their churches for a long time due to slavery."

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14. @red7iris
"Robert Nance imma have to disagree I grew up in an old southern baptist church and this was the type of singing I heard all the time . My experience in a Pentecostal church was quite the opposite "

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15.@smokeybee1636
"songs that get you saved"

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16. @NSKEIKI
"Amen🙏i kid u not it saved me!!"

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17. @lionofjudahlambofgod9132
" @NSKEIKI  Praise God Almighty."

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2017

18.@chocolatethundercherry143
"When this song comes on you have no choice but to get your praise on"

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19. @jovancole5078
"kinda makes you tear up because it feels  like   something very heavy has been lifted off your shoulders  :)"

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20. @tinacordova7233
"Jovan Cole true"

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21.@MississippiGirl0013, 2018
"I agree! Hadn't heard this song in so long... 🙌"

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22. @nenahynson, 2019
"I know!!! It hits so deep and makes you feel that old school church vibe"

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23. @Legendaryroots_llc, 2019
"Yess"

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24. @SheedMack88, 2020
"AMEN 🙌🏾"

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25. @stellaferraz1668
"POWER in the form of VOICE. That has to be the most powerful voice I've ever heard! I feel the Spirit from the first second until the end!!!"

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26.@anndavis9677
"AMEN!!!"

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27. @elizabethbrown7896, 2024
"Yes Lord!"

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2018

28.@mcbangmcbang6395
"Voice of the ANCESTORS"

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29.@sandraparker726, 2019
"Let’s not overlook the voices in the audience as a whole with the drum beat, all I can think of is Our ancestors on those slave ships. But Glory be to GOD! HE is able."

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30. @DeeVanasco, 2025
"THIS"

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31. @CylindersxCalibers
"i know her collard greens fire"

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32. @williegant4550, 2020
"Cornbread falls to pieces when you pick it up."

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33.@jazzy_8468, 2020
"@williegant4550  Yesssss!!"

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34. @pharaohnoble1209, 2020
"The best comment I ever seen 🤣🤣🤣"

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35. @yvettemorris7295, 2020
"You know her cooking off the charts!!! Big mama cooking will put you to sleep"

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36. @jaystew1249, 2020
"Real talk though 😂"

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37. @tashayc.johnson12345, 2020
"And her fried chicken🤣🤣"

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38. @mameze, 2020
"🤣🤣"

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39. @amiyaeoh1140, 2020
"Facts"

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40. @aliciag946, 2020
"😫☠ Omg these comments"

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41. @Naturebae84, 2020
"Man!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"

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@sauceghandi2799, 2020
"42. FACTS!!!!!!!"

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43. @jaynellioriginal5160, 2020
"😂😂😂😭😭😭"

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44. @kiontaerobinson9201, 2024
"Skraight up 😭"

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2019

45. @joliegarrett
"Now THAT'S SANGIN'!!! HALLELUJAH!!!"

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46. @sandraparker726
"I love my people. Her voice is unbelievable and the audience as a whole is on fire with just a drum beat.  We are anointed. I’m not saying others can’t do it, but I have yet to witness it."

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47. @JemiaBennett
"She didn’t sing that song, she SANG that song! 😭🔥"

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48. @darleneslaughter6016, 2024
"Amen yes she did ❤️"

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49. @KalvinKosha
"NOBODY will EVER deliver this song like she did. 🔥🤧"

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50. @charitapatrick6671, 2020
"No Lies Detected😩 This Is One Of My Favorite Gospel Songs And Ms. Pace Bodied This Song😭❤️ #VocalQueen" "

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2020

51. @pinkcede16
"THAT VOICE IS ANOINTED! THANK YOU JESUS!"

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52. @kymetic9162
"She sang it so EFFORTLESSLY!"

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53. @Inherentworth1, 2024
"Fact"

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54. @jansonmeachemsr.6841, 2021
"Big factz even the crowd sound good yes lawwwddd."

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2021

55. @anilrav
"If this don’t hit your soul something wrong🙌🏾🙌🏾"

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56. @charstrologyllc9522, 2022
"Something is def wrong cause this song gets me every time I hear it"

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57. @connectedconversationscoun283, 2022
"Right!"

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58. @kgggkhgg, 2022
"Yes Lord,"

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2022

59.@QueenLibra314
"Her voice literally sends chills down my spine ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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60.@christa526, 2023
"That is the anointing of the Holy Ghost and few have it but LaShun Pace sure did"

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61.@Lovliqueen, 2023
"Yes Lord!"

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62 @johnnymaneaux6155
"When the crowd start sounding like a choir….you know the presence of GOD was in there🙏🙏"

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63. @missseptember6685
"That was crazy and they sound great"

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64. @jzj2212
"Amen amen"

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65. @dreamkingfilmztv8238
"Facts"

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66. @kassimmons1063
"Yess the lord was there"

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67. @melindatyson9704
"AMEN 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽"

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68. @alexwilliams7105
"Amen brother"

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69. @DeniseDumas-g8i, 2024
"What you say 😊😊😊😊"

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70. @sasheeneagleson, 2024
"Most Definitely 💪🏾🙏🏾♾️❤️❤️❤️"

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71.@reneejackson1144, 2024
"Amen 🙏🙏"

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72. @williambrown8206, 2024
"Oh yes"

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73. @LesAndrews-vj7bt, 2026
"With the voice Lashun had, you can't help but to join in."

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2023

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2024

74. @Lanae_LaCabra
"This the soul we talkin bout

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75. @felicialockett6606
"SAAAAAAAAANG GIRL!!!!!!!!!  This never gets old...."

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76. @snowwhite6882
"Praise God 2024!🕊️👏🏾"

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77. @monicabutler2637
"Yessssssss!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾"

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78. @teecol8885
"Whew!!! Yes ma’am ❤️

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79. @KjPritchett
"Thank Jesus Amen🙏🏽🩸❤️"

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80. @franklinograham
"Praise God❤️"

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81. @1950stype
"Big Facts"

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82. @LisaMToler-r9l
"THIS IS A FACT, LOVE!."

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83. @MemphisManeupholstery
"Omg she sung this song ❤️❤️❤️" 

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84. @keepitsimple9595
"Baby sing that song like you mean it! ❤️😂🎉amen!"

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85. @LeaveitoLycia
"Lord have mercy!🙌🏾👑"

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86. @zn740
"Sang that song. CHILLS"

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87. @sadrekawest-bey5338
"Tore it up!!!"

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88. @Mikaelyahsharal4450
"All praises to The Most High YAHUAH!!!!!

I love my people"

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89. @NAILL1982
"This is so COLD she killed it"

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90. @reedaking5390
"Yesss you better sangggg!!!😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌"

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2025

91. @jeroldcmitchell
"Saw this when it aired over 20 years ago and still coming bank after finding it on YT."

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92. @williebivins
"Hallelujah king Jesus!!!❤️❤️❤️"

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93. @christyrandle03
"Amen in here thank you Jesus 2025"

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94. @KatoshiaEzell-i2q
"GOD IS GOOD ISN'T HE YES HE IS AMEN AND AMEN KATOSHIA EZELL 👌👍🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️"

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95. @auntieMaine
"Did she sing this song so cold that I originally thought she had a whole band and chorus behind her? All she has is a drummer keeping the beat. Then she turned the audience into the choir and was directing them. ❤️ Good God!"

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96. @wilanderfan22
"When I say show out, THIS is what I mean 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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97. @KishiaWagner
"Ate that right down 😅"

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98. @AngelPettigrew-z5i
"You better sing girl"❤️❤️

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99.@clockett1971
"Chilled my body, but not my soul."

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100. @AshleyBurks4639
"That woman know she can sang!!"

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101.@changeiscoming9784
"HalleluYAH HalleluYAH HalleluYAH AMEIN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️"

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102. @michaelcoates7058
"Her mic was on and she understood the assignment!!"

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103. @agboriweriebor599, 2026
"Hallelujah"

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2026

104. @stevie586
"Come on, Lashun!!!!  Yes, Lord!"

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105. @ZCLARK-h3y
"Yasss ❤️❤️❤️❤️ LORD🤗🤗🤗 I JUST LOVE THIS SONG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️"

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106. @BrownSkinn-x8v
"I KNOWWWWW IVE BEEN CHANGED 👏👏"

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107. @mayblockchynamoe7690
"Them angels in heaven signed my name"

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108. @JomiVsJomi
"Yesssssss Lordddddd the water was cold 🥶✝️ Thank you Jesus❣️"

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109,@Dont_play_773
"Yesssssuhhhhhhhhh 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾"

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110. @TheresaMayo-t9l
"Praise God Amen 🙏"

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111. @TMadden
"Amen ❤️"

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A 1953 African American Rendition Of "Take A Trip" And A 2010 Jamaican Rendition Of "I'm Gonna Take A Trip in That Good Old Gospel Ship"

Rev. Utah Smith - Take A Trip

knfuj, Mar 30, 2010

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IV of a four part pancocojams series about American religious songs with the titles "The Old Gospel Ship", "Take A Trip" or similar titles. This series traces the development of "The Old Gospel Ship" song to pre-Civil war religious songs, through The Carter Family's 1935 "The Old Gospel Ship" to the Rev. Utah Smith's 1953 Gospel song "Take A Trip" through B. Chase Williams' 1995 Gospel song "Take A Trip On The Good Old Gospel Ship" and afterwards.  

This post showcases an example of Rev. Utah Smith's 1953 record "Take A Trip" and presents the lyrics to that version of that Gospel song. That post presents information about African American renditions of  "The Old Gospel Ship" before B. Chase Williams' recorded his record "Take A Trip On That Good Old Gospel Ship" in 1995. 

In addition this post showcases a 2010 Jamaican rendition of "I'm Gonna Take A Trip Of That Good Old Gospel Ship" and includes the lyrics for that version of that song. This post also includes the comments from the discussion thread for that YouTube video. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/03/lyrics-of-some-african-american.html for Part i of this pancocojams series. That post presents some comments from a Mudcat folk music discussion thread about several 19th century African American Spirituals that refer to Gospel ships sailing. These songs may be part of more well known "The Old Ship Of Zion" family of Spirituals/Hymns. 

That pancocojams post also presents a comment from that same Mudcat discussion thread about African American composer and performer Sam Lucas who wrote a version of "The Gospel Ship" in the late 19th century. Information about Sam Lucas is presented in the Addendum of this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-carteer-familys-1935-record-gospel.html for Part iI of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a 1935 sound file of The Carter Family singing their version of "The Old Gospel Ship".The lyrics for The Carter Family's version of "The Old Gospel Ship" is also included in that post. That post also includes an auto-generated transcript from a YouTube video about the history of "The Old Gospel Ship" hymn.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/03/african-american-examples-of-take-trip.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases six YouTube examples of 21st century African American singers performing "Take A Trip" (On That Good Old Gospel Ship). The lyrics to two versions of that Gospel song are included in this post.

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Thanks to the unknown composer/s of "The Old Gospel Ship". Thanks to the anonymous commenter who wrote in 2017 in the  discussion thread for my 2024 psncocojams post on "Take A Trip On The Good Old Gospel Ship" whose link is give below for letting me know about Rev. Utah Smith's 1953 "The Old Gospel Ship" record. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this YouTube example that isAnonymou featured in this post. 
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/04/five-examples-of-black-gospel-song-take.html for a 2014 pancocojams post on African American examples of this song. That post includes some videos and some information that aren't included in this 2026 post or in other parts of this pancocojams series. 

Here's the only visitor's comment from that post's discussion thread:

Anonymous, January 23, 2017 at 10:31 AM

"The Reverend Utah Smith also recorded a version of this song for the Checker label, c. August 1953, as "Take A Trip." He is accompanied by an unknown female choir and his electric guitar. It was issued as Checker single #785, c. November 1953."

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LYRICS FOR REVEREND UTAH SMITH'S "TAKE A TRIP" *

I have good news to bring
That is why I sing
I thought with you I'd share

I'm gonna take a trip
In that old Gospel ship
And go riding through the air.

Oooh, I can't even wait
I know I don't want to be late
To spend my retire
When my ship comes in
I'm gonna leave this old world of sin
And go sailin through the air.

Chorus: [with women singing along]
I'm gonna take a trip
In that old Gospel ship
Far beyond the sky
(I'm gonna) Shout and sing
Till the heavens ring
When I sing these word on high
(Oooh) me oh my I will not cry
When I'll be there I will sing.
I'll be like the birds and sing
And I know my spirit will ring
When I go sailing through the air

It's now coming to noon
I should be traveling soon
At a day it's always time.
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Oh, if you're shamed of me
If you have your own point of view
You better have a care
It's too much power to find
You don't want to be left behind
When I go sailing through the air.

Chorus: [with women singing along]
I'm gonna take a trip
In that old Gospel ship
Far beyond the sky
(I'm gonna) Shout and sing
Till the heavens ring
When I sing these word on high
(Oooh) me oh my I will not cry
When I'll be there I will sing.
I'll be like the birds and sing
And I know my spirit will ring
When I go sailing through the air
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This is my attempt to transcript this audio recording. Additions and corrections are very welcome.

Rev. Utah Smith's rendition or one similar to it were undoubtedly a source for B. Chase Williams' 1995 "Take A Trip On The Good Old Gospel Ship" record 

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COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THE YOUTUBE REV. UTAH SMITH VIDEO THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS POST

These are all of the comments that are found in this discussion thread for that YouTube video as of March 26, 2026 at 7:10 AM EDT. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRZHaSXBwU

1. @theplanetariumscene, 2010
"Just got the book & cd last weekend. One of my favorite tracks on it. The tune has been on my mind a lot today."

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2. @smallnail4104, 2018
"The electric guitar pioneer."

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3. @mrtheoneandonly83, 2010
"Rev Smith was in chare of the evangelistc department in COGIC."
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"COGIC" is the Christian denomination "Church Of God In Christ".

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2-I'm GOING TO TAKE A TRIP IN THE GOOD OLD GOSPEL SHIP-GOSPEL TRAIN

Regina Thomas, Uploaded on Jan 20, 2010

JAMAICAN CONVOCATION 2009
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The choir and the congregation repeatedly sing these lyrics:
I'm gonna take a trip
In the good old gospel ship
And fly far beyond the sky,

I'm gonna sing and shout
until the heavens ring
And bid this world goodbye.
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In this video this song is sung during a church offering. As documented in YouTube videos of Black pentacostal church services in Jamaica and in the United Kingdom, most of the church songs consist of repeating the verses of a particular "old school" Gospel song as is documented in this video.

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INFORMATION ABOUT SOME 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN RENDITIONS OF "THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP" BEFORE G. CHASE WILLIAMS' 1995 RECORD "TAKE A TRIP ON THAT GOOD OLD GOSPEL SHIP"

From AI Overview write-up (as a result of my March 25, 2026 query on that subject.)
" "Take A Trip On the Old Gospel Ship" (or "The Old Gospel Ship") is a traditional gospel song frequently attributed to songwriter G.T. Speer and famously recorded by white country artists like The Carter Family in 1939. Early recordings by Black artists include soulful versions by artists such as Reverend Gary Davis and Sister Ernestine Washington.

Key Early Performers: According to recordings compiled by Smithsonian Folkways, artists like Reverend Gary Davis and Sister Ernestine Washington recorded the song as part of classic African American gospel recordings, often featuring in collections focusing on traditional and soul-influenced gospel.

Cultural Context: The song is a staple of Southern gospel that has been widely adopted across musical styles. While the 1939 Carter Family version is widely known, the song existed in Pentecostal and traditional settings beforehand.

Alternative Titles: The song is often recognized by its chorus lines: "I'm gonna take a trip on the Old Gospel Ship," and is sometimes confused with the traditional spiritual "The Old Ship of Zion".

While early recordings are often fragmented in digital databases, Reverend Gary Davis and Sister Ernestine Washington are among the documented Black pioneers of this song."
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The Carter Family's first recording of "The Old Gospel Ship" is usually given as 1935.

Unfortunately, I haven't found any YouTube recordings of "The Old Gospel Ship" by Rev. Gary Davis and/or Sister Ernestine Washington. However, I found an audio recording of Rev. Davis singing "The Old Ship Of Zion" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXX--sdjJo. That rendition doesn't include any of the lyrics for "The Old Gospel Ship". 

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