ALL DAY REVIVAL MEETIN’ TIME
&
DINNER ON THE GROUND

BY: BARNEY SHEPHERD

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
JUST GRAB YOU HAT AND COME WITH ME
WE’LL FOLLOW SISTER SUE.
DOWN TO THE RIPSHIN MEETIN’ HALL
FOLKS WILL COME FROM MILES AROUND
TO THAT ALL DAY REVIVAL MEETIN’ TIME
AND DINNER ON THE GROUND!

THEY PREACH THE OLD TIME GOSPEL
            AND SING “SAINTS GO MARCHIN’ IN!”
THEN CALL YOU TO THE MOURNERS BENCH
            WHERE YOU CONFESS UP ALL YOUR SIN.
AND SCHEDULE YOUR BAPTIZING
            AT THE OLE SWAMP SWIMMIN’ HOLE.
THEY CLAIM THAT’S IT IMPORTANT
            TO SAVE YOUR SINFUL SOUL!

BAPTIZING TIMES COME LATER
            AND IS PART OF THIS WHOLE DEAL.
REPENTANCE IS THE KEY WORD HERE,
            BOILS DOWN TO HOW YOU FEEL.
IF YOU DON’T REPENT IN SORROW
            AND THROW A GOSPEL FIT,
YOU’LL GO IN A DRIED UP SINNER
            AND COME OUT, A HYPOCRITE!

BUT, HEAVEN AIN’T SO FAR AWAY
            AS A SINNER BOY MIGHT THINK.
ITS JUST OUTSIDE THAT MEETIN’ HOUSE
            WHEN THEY SPREAD AL THAT FOOD AND DRINK!
FRIED CHICKEN, ROAST AND PECAN PIE
            TO TATERS, CORN AND BEANS
AND SUZIE Q, A SERVIN’ YOU
            IN THOSE TIGHT FIT DENIM JEANS!

NOW, BILLY JOHN HAD CONFESSED RIGHT UP.
            REPENTED? YES, HE DID.
BUT WITH SUZIE Q AND ALL THAT FOOD
            THEY CLAIMED, THAT HE’D BACK SLID!
STARTED RIGHT OFF WITH TWO BAD SINS
            AND SAID THAT HE WAS CRUDE
LUSTING AFTER SUZIE Q
            AND EATING ALL THAT FOOD!

THEY HAD A DOZEN PREACHER MEN
            AT THE MEETIN’ HALL, THAT DAY.
AND WHEN THEY CAME TO THE TABLE
            DIDN’T EVEN STOP TO PRAY
FOR EYEING SUZIE UP AND DOWN
            YOU CAN’T PLACE TOO MUCH BLAME.
BUT, WHEN IT CAME TO ALL THAT FOOD
            THEY PUT BILLY JOHN TO SHAME!

THEY NEVER GOT POOR BILLY JOHN
            TO THE OLE SWAMP SWIMMIN’ HOLE,
TO TAKE THAT FINAL, CRUCIAL STEP
            AND SAVE HIS SINFUL SOUL.
THEY SANG THOSE OLD TIME GOSPEL SONGS
            BUT HIM, THEY COULD NOT REACH.
HE’D TILL THEM OLD TIME PREACHER MEN
            TO PRACTICE, WHAT THEY PREACH!

SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT IT’S A SIN
            TO DO THIS THING, OR THAT.
IT DEPENDS A LOT ON WHO YOU ARE
            AND SOMETIMES, WHERE YOU’RE AT!
BUT, THE WAY UP TO THE PEARLY GATES
            SOMETIMES CAN’T BE FOUND
AT THAT ALL DAY REVIVAL MEETIN’ TIME
            WITH DINNER ON THE GROUND!