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Adam's Year of Uke!

Adam's Year of Uke (Bonus Mando Ed)

11/3/2020

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So happy Election Day!  I was getting ready for Sunday worship by putting together (along with some other folks) aversion of the song "When the World is On Fire."  It seemed apropos somehow.  It fits the mood.  It is not actually a political song but a religious one.  That said, the title sets the context for now and for the 1930's when it was first a hit for the Carter Family.  Later Woody Guthrie used the tune for "This Land is Your Land"

Anyway, here are the words if you want to sing along!


When the World is On Fire

Oh, my loving mother, when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow?
Tide me over in the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages cleft for me
 
I'm going to heaven when the world's on fire
And I want God's bosom to be my pillow
Tide me over in the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages cleft for me
 
Oh, my loving brother, when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow
Tide me over in the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages cleft for me

Oh, my loving sinner, when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow
Tide me over in the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages cleft for me

Don't you want to go to heaven when the world's on fire

Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow
​Tide me over in the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages cleft for me

That is it!  It is totally worth checking out the Carter Family version by the way, along with a number of the later covers that slightly alter the tune.

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    I play a number of musical instruments.  In addition to the ukulele I play the mandolin, guitar, rhythm bones, and a few other things.  This page, though, is about my uke project.  I recently decided to post once a week on a uke-themed topic. Most of these posts will be simple songs you can sing along to.  Maybe later I will do more informational videos as well.

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