Country Baptising (C Bakestraw)


Travelling down a country road on
a Sunday morning
Saw a crowd gathered at the creek
at a little country farm
I thought that I'd go closer so
I might see and hear
Why they looked so happy there
without a thing to fear

Was a good old country baptising
I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile
then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air
and every soul was clean
at a good old country baptising
down at the creek

I heard an old and gentle voice
say right at the end
We're so glad to have you here
Welcome down, my friends
We've had a big revival, sir
down to the wheat
Now we're having a country baptising
down at the creek


(chorus)


Well among them happy I'll be
Among that happy throng
See them all go air their sins
while they're at their own
They seem to be saying,
with smiles on their face
Some day when I move along
to my resting place


Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels - Live 1973
Kentucky Colonel Music BMI

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Country Baptizing (Down By The Creek)
Cluny Rakestraw

Travelling down a country road on a Sunday morning
Saw a crowd gathered at the creek at a little country farm
I thought that I'd go closer so I might see and hear
Why they looked so happy there without a thing to fear

Was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek

I heard an old and gentle voice sing right in the end
We're so glad to have you here welcome down my friend
We've had a big revival sir down to it all week
Now we're having a baptizing down at the creek

Was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek

Well, among them happy among that happy throne
See them all go air their sins while they're at their own
They seem to be saying with a smile upon their face
I'm ready now to move along to my resting place

Was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek

Well, it was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek

There was a good old country baptizing I was at that day
They'd preach awhile and sing awhile then they'd all kneel down and pray
God's spirit seemed to fill the air and every soul was meek
At a good old country baptizing down at the creek
A good old country baptizing down at the creek

Kentucky Colonel Music (BMI)