I'm not religious, but if anything made me as joyous as this congregation was when they sing the Reverend Franklin Wilson McGee's tune in 1930, I'd join it tomorrow. It's almost incomprehensible but here are some of the lyrics:
1200 miles its length and breadth
The foursquare city stands
Its gemset walls of jasper shine
Not made by human hands
100 miles its gates are wide
Abundant entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side
Just beyond the sunset sea
There'll be room to spare as we enter there
Room for you and room for me
For the gates are wide on the other side
Where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand, on the left hand
Fifty miles of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where the fairest flowers bloom
It won't be long before I pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
Ahhhhhhh. When Blue first learned of Arizona Dranes = WTF?
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I'm not religious, but if anything made me as joyous as this congregation was when they sing the Reverend Franklin Wilson McGee's tune in 1930, I'd join it tomorrow. It's almost incomprehensible but here are some of the lyrics:
1200 miles its length and breadth
The foursquare city stands
Its gemset walls of jasper shine
Not made by human hands
100 miles its gates are wide
Abundant entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side
Just beyond the sunset sea
There'll be room to spare as we enter there
Room for you and room for me
For the gates are wide on the other side
Where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand, on the left hand
Fifty miles of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where the fairest flowers bloom
It won't be long before I pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
I'm more of a Folkie than Gospel type, so I like [Iris Dement's version.]
Pure, undiluted Gospel joy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIa1d6F2LTE
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The spirit is willing, but the sinuses are weak.
Further down the same rabbit hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtG5YrQ-lY