O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight For Christ is born of Mary And gathered all above While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love O morning stars together Proclaim the holy birth And praises sing to God the King And peace to men on Earth How silently, how silently The wondrous Gift is given So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of His Heaven No ear may hear His coming But in this world of sin Where meek souls will receive Him still The dear Christ enters in O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us, we pray Cast out our sin and enter in Be born to us today We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell O come to us, abide with us Our Lord Emmanuel O come to us, abide with us Our Lord Emmanuel

O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in thy dark street shineth The everlasting Light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in Thee tonight For Christ is born of Mary And gathered all above While mortals sleep The angels keep their watch of wondering love O morning stars Together proclaim Thy holy birth And praises sing to God the King And peace to men on earth O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us, we pray Cast out our sin and enter in Be born in us today We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell Oh, come to us Abide with us, our Lord, Emmanuel

Now won't you hear me singin Hear the words that I'm saying Wash my soul with water from on high Why the world loves love is around me Even forced to buy me But oh, if you leave me, I will die You hold me in the bosom Till the storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed me till I want no more Then you take me to your blessed home above Make me journey You make my burning brighter Help me to do good wherever I can Oh, let thou praise and thrill me Thou loving kindess fill me Then you hold me Hold me in the hollow of the hand You hold me in the bosom Till storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed Then you'll take me to your blessed home above

I'm gonna tell you the natural facts That the man don't understand the good book right and that's all That's all You know what? We got to have more love More understanding everyday of our lives And that's all Yeah When you see folks jump from this or that They don't know they don't know where the devil's at That's all That's all They got to have more love, more understanding Everyday of their lives I tell ya that's all Listen, people fighting one another And think they're doing swell And all they want is your money And you can go to heeeeyyyyy That's all That's all Ya'll got to have religion, yeah, I tell ya that's all Now he can go to the college Go to the schools Haven't got religion he is an educated fool That's all Yeah,

This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, everybody ride it in Jesus' name This train is a clean train, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train, brothers train, is bound for glory, you know, this train This train is bound for glory, everybody ridin' her got to be holy Because this train is a clean train, this train But this train don't pull no liars, this train You got to get off This train don't pull no liars, this train You know this train don't pull no liars No false pretenders, and no back-biter Because this train is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no wankers, this train, uh-uh I said this train don't pull no wankers, this train No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, this train don't pull no wankers No crack shooter and no whiskey drinkers (I hear ya) Is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers No tobacco chewers and no cigar smokers Because this train is a clean train, you know this train Let's ride the train This train in on the way to glory, this train Yeahhh, this train is on the way to glory, ooh, this train You know this train is on the way to glory, everybody ridin' her, they got to be holy-holy This train is a clean train, this train...