—Peter Seeger's lyrics to traditional 1873 gospel
Chorus:
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It's good enough for me.
We will pray with Aphrodite,
We will pray with Aphrodite,
She wears that see-through nightie,
And it's good enough for me.
We will pray with Zarathustra,
We'll pray just like we use ta,
I'm a Zarathustra booster,
And it's good enough for me.
We will pray with those Egyptians,
Build pyramids to put our crypts in,
Cover subways with inscriptions,
And it's good enough for me.
We will pray with those old druids,
They drink fermented fluids,
Waltzing naked though the woo-ids,
And it's good enough for me.
We'll do dances to bring water,
Sacrifice animals for slaughter,
Sacrifice our sons and daughters,
And it's good enough for me.
Harry Krishna he must laugh on,
To see me dressed in safron,
With my hair that's only half-on,
It's good enough for me.
I'll arise at early morning,
When my Lord gives me the warning,
That the solar age is dawning,
And it's good enough for me.
Verse & Chorus:
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Some more funny verses:
Harry Krishna he must laugh on,
To see me dressed in safron,
With my hair that's only half-on,
But it's good enough for me.
We could follow dear old Buddha,
You know no god is cuter,
Comes in plastic, wood and pewter,
It's good enough for me.
We can lay our cares on Isis,
And she'll see us through our crisis,
She's never raised her prices,
And she's good enough for me.
Let us sing a verse for Thor,
Though he leaves the maidens sore,
They always come back for more,
And he's good enough for me.
Poor old Odin we could follow,
Like a Viking we could holler,
Then we'd all enjoy Valhalla
It's good enough for me.
Let us worship old Jehova
All you other gods move over
Cuz this one's taken over,
It's good enough for me.
Original vanilla version:
Refrain:
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
It's good enough for me.
It was good for Paul and Silas,
It was good for Paul and Silas,
It was good for Paul and Silas,
It's good enough for me.
Refrain
It was good for the Hebrew children,
It was good for the Hebrew children,
It was good for the Hebrew children,
It's good enough for me.
Refrain
It was good for our mothers,
It was good for our mothers,
It was good for our mothers,
It's good enough for me.
Refrain
Makes me love ev'rybody,
Makes me love ev'rybody,
Makes me love ev'rybody,
It's good enough for me.
Refrain