Old Fashioned Preacher Song Lyrics and Chords by Lester Flatt
Old Fashioned Preacher
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by Jerry Organ and Gladys Stacey
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My heart is longing now for the
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days of long
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ago
And an old country church where
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Mother used to
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go
The
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choir you could scarcely say was the
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best you ever
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heard
But that old fashioned preacher would
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claim God's hol
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y
word
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old fashioned preacher that
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taught us of the cross
How Jesus came down to
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save those who are
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lost
You
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could feel the Holy spirit and you
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knew that God was
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there
When that old fashioned preacher would
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kneel to lead in
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prayer
In fancy I can hear as
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if it were to
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day
When He said the blood of Jesus would
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take your sins
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away
There
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seemed to be a tear in
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almost every
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eye
When he told us how for love the
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Savior had to
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die
Repeat #2 x2
FAQ
Who sang the the song Old Fashioned Preacher?
- The song Old Fashioned Preacher was sang by Lester Flatt.
Who is Lester Flatt?
- Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs").
Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
