Great Camp Meeting Day 1929

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Aug 2013
2013

Come along brothers
come along sisters
pack up your baskets
with plenty to eat;
bring all the others
Misses and Misters
Tell 'em to hurry
or they'll miss a treat:

Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's shufflin'
ev'rybody's scufflin'
old folks, young folks
swinging along.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's happy,
Mammy, Joe and Pappy,
good folks, bad folks
singing along.
While the Preacher
tells the congregation
'bout retribution and fate
Elders and Deacons
are passing the contribution plate.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
when they get to shoutin'
ain't no way to rout 'em
till way late in the morning.

Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's shufflin'
ev'rybody's scufflin'
old folks, young folks
swinging along.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's happy,
Mammy, Joe and Pappy,
good folks, bad folks
singing along.
While the Preacher
tells the congregation
'bout retribution and fate
Elders and Deacons
are passing the contribution plate.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
when they get to shoutin'
ain't no way to rout 'em
till way late in the morning.

There were the lame folks
there were the same folks
that had been ailing
since this time last year;
but they came wobbling
on canes a hobbling
goodbye rheumatics
when good times are near:

Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's shufflin'
ev'rybody's scufflin'
old folks, young folks
swinging along.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's happy,
Mammy, Joe and Pappy,
good folks, bad folks
singing along.
While the Preacher
tells the congregation
'bout retribution and fate
Elders and Deacons
are passing the contribution plate.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
when they get to shoutin'
ain't no way to rout 'em
till way late in the morning.

Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's shufflin'
ev'rybody's scufflin'
old folks, young folks
swinging along.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
ev'rybody's happy,
Mammy, Joe and Pappy,
good folks, bad folks
singing along.
While the Preacher
tells the congregation
'bout retribution and fate
Elders and Deacons
are passing the contribution plate.
Camp meetin' day
great camp meetin' day,
when they get to shoutin'
ain't no way to rout 'em
till way late in the morning.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Great Camp Meeting Day 1929
Words and Music by Noble Sissle
© 1929
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 2 August 2013 at 15.50
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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