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Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian
Tradtional Old-Time Gospel;
ARTIST: Willie McTell
CATEGORY: Traditional Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1918; First Recorded in 1927 by Smith's Sacred Singers
RECORDING INFO: Ain't It a Shame to Work on Sunday
Rt - It's a Shame to Whip your Wife On Sunday;
Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian
Rodeheaver, Homer (ed.) / Rodeheaver's Negro Spirituals, Rodeheaver, Fol (1923), #39
Tarleton, Jimmie (Jimmy). Steel Guitar Rag, Testament T-3302, LP (1967), trk# B.04 [1963/12/04] (Ain't It a Sin to Gamble on a Sunday)
OTHER NAMES: "Ain't It Grand To Live Like A Christian"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade
NOTES: "Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian" is part of the "Ain't It a Shame to Work on Sunday" group of gospel songs that derived from the minstrel, "It's a Shame to Whip your Wife On Sunday" song.
Ain't It A Shame To Work On Sunday
Ain't it a shame to work on Sunday
Ain't it a shame a working shame.
Ain't it a shame to work on Sunday,
Ain't it a shame a working shame.
Ain't it a shame to work on Sunday.
When you got Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
and you got Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, ain't it a shame.
Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian-
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand,
Whne you got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
All day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand.
AIN'T IT GRAND TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN- Blind Willie McTell
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to live a Christian,
You got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Lord, all day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand
Ain't it grand to live in union, ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to live in union,
When you got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday; Lord, Friday, Saturday,
And all day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand
Ain't it grand to love your member* ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to love your member,
When you got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Lord, all day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand
Ain't it grand to love sinners, ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to love your sinners,
When you got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Lord, all day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to live a Christian, ain't it grand
Ain't it grand to keep prayin', ain't it grand,
Ain't it grand to keep prayin',
When you got Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Lord, all day Sunday, ain't it grand.
Ain't it grand to keep prayin', ain't it grand
*Church member
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