Please help me find the title and singer of this country song!

Thread: Please help me find the title and singer of this country song!

Tags: choir, country gospel, country song, old gospel songs, old man
  1. Kiraraye said:

    Default Please help me find the title and singer of this country song!

    I heard a COUNTRY song a while back about an old man that sang in his church's choir, but apparently, he couldn't sing at all. The congregation was increasingly upset that he couldn't sing and he was always off-beat with whatever song was being sung. They eventually told the pastor to fire him from the choir, and the pastor took the old man aside and told him that he was no longer a part of the choir. The old man was maybe in his eighty's or nineties, and his heart pretty much broke when the pastor told him this because all he wanted to do was to sing in the choir. The old man died a little while later and the congregation felt horrible (as they should!).
    Anyway, I think the story goes that he was now singing in God's choir and could sing to his heart's content. It was a story-telling type of country song and was in that slow tempo old country gospel songs have.
    I've tried searching for this song to no avail, and it IS NOT the "Antioch Church House Choir" or "Uncle Jesse" or "Heavenly Choir" by the Canton Spirituals. Again, this is a COUNTRY song. The type that makes you want to cry after listening to it. It is a very sad song.

    I think someone else tried to find the song as well, their link is
    http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=60687
    but I think they were told the names of the wrong songs. I believe we're looking for the same song.

    Please help me find this song! Thank you!
     
  2. TaiwoDele said:

    Default The Song You are looking for is Titled " Trouble In The Amen Corner " by Jim Reeves

    Trouble In The Amen Corner lyrics
    Album: Welcome To My World
    It was a stylish congregation you could see they'd been around
    And they had the biggest pipe organ of any church in town
    But over in the Amen Corner of that church sat Brother Ayer
    And he insisted every Sunday on singing in the choir
    His voice was cracked and broken age had touched his vocal chords
    And nearly every Sunday he'd get behind and miss the words
    Well the choir got so flustered the church was told in fine
    That Brother Ayer must stop his singing or the choir was going to resign
    So the pastor appointed a committee I think it was three or four
    And they got in their big fine cars and drove up to Ayer's door
    They find the choir's great trouble sittin' there in an old arm chair
    And the summer's golden sunbeams lay upon his snow white hair
    Said York we're here dear Brother with the vestries approbation
    To discuss a little matter that affects the congregation
    Now it seems that your voice has interfered with the choir
    So if you'll just lay out are you listening Brother Ayer
    The old man raised his head a sign that he had hear
    And on his cheek the three men caught the glitter of a tear
    His feeble hands pushed back the locks as white as silky snow
    And he answered the committee in a voice both soft and low
    I wonder if beyond the tide that's breaking at my feet
    In that far off heavenly temple where my Master and I shall meet
    Yes I wonder if when I try to sing the song of God up higher
    I wonder if they'll kick me out of there for singing in heaven's choir
    A silence filled the little room and the old man bowed his head
    The committee went on back to town but Brother Ayer was dead
    The choir missed him for awhile but he was soon forgotten
    A few church goers watched the door but the old man entered not
    Far away his voice is sweet and he sings his heart desire
    Where are there no church committees and no fashionable choirs
    Let me hide myself in Thee