Trouble in the Amen Corner
Bill Anderson

Rock of Ages clef for me let me hide myself in Thee
It was a stylish congregation you could see they had been around
And they had the biggest pipe organ of any church in town
But over in the amen corner of that church sat Ol' Brother Ire
And every Sunday he insisted on singing in the choir
His voice was cracked and broken age had touched his vocal chords
And nearly every Sunday he would get behind and miss the words
Well, the choir got so flustered the church was told, then fine
Brother Ire must quit his singing or the choir is going to resign
So the pastor appointed a committee I think it was three or four
They got in their big fine car drove up to Ire's door
They found the choirs great trouble sitting there in a big armed chair
The summers golden sum beam lay up on his snow-white hair
Said York, We're here with the Vestry's approbation
To discuss a little mater that affects the congregation
Now it seems your voice is interfering with the choir
So if you will just lay out are you listening, Brother Ire?
The old man raised his head a sign he did 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 is breaking at my feet
In that far off heavenly temple where my Master I shall meet
I wonder if when I try to sing the songs of God up higher
Will they kick me out up there for singing in Heavens Choir?
A science filled the room the old man bowed his head
The committee went on back to town, but Brother Ire was dead.
The choir missed him for awhile, but it soon forgot
A few church goers watched the door, but the old man entered not
From far away his voice is sweet now and he sings his hearts desires
Where there are no committees and no fashionable choirs
Rock of age's clef for me let me hide myself in Thee


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  500 Miles Away From Home   8 X 10   A Place in the Country   A Satisfied Mind   A Song Like This   Abilene   Above And Beyond (the Call Of Love)   All I Have To Offer You Is Me   All That Keeps Me Goin'   All The Lonely Women In The World   Altogether Now Let's Fall Apart   Always Remember   And I'm Still Missing You   And Then Came The Bad Years   Angel Band   Apologize   As Long As I Live   As Long as I Live   As Much As I Love You   At the Time   Baby's Blue Again   Back When He Was Hungry   Bad Seed   Beautiful People   Before I Met You   Best It's Ever Been   Best Of Strangers   Beyond The Sunset   Big Railroad Man   Blackberry Winter   Blessed Assurance   Blue Christmas   Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain   Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain   Born   Bright Lights And Country Music   Bright Lights And Country Music (1965)   Bubba Garcia’s (Feat. 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Dailey & Vincent...   Drinking From My Saucer   Easy Come Easy Go   Eight By Ten   Every Time I Turn The Radio On   Farmer And The Lord   Farther Along   Fine Line   First Mrs Jones   Five Little Fingers   Five Little Fingers (1964)   Footprints In The Sand   For Loving You   For Loving You [With Jan Howard]   For The Good Times   Forgiveness   Friends   From A Jack To A King   Games People Play   Gentle on My Mind   Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands   Get While The Gettin's Good   Gettin' To Know You   Golden Guitar   Golden Guitar (1966)   Gone At Last   Gonna Find Me A Bluebird   Gonna Shine It On Again   Gotta Keep Moving   Green Green   Green, Green Grass Of Home   Happiness   Happy State Of Mind   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have You Seen Her   Head To Toe   Help Me Make It Through the Night   Her Wedding Ring's A One Man Band   Here Comes Honey Again   Home And Things   Homesick   Honey Come Back   How Married Are You Mary Ann   How The Other Half Lives   Hungry Eyes   I Am   I Can Do Nothing Alone   I Can't Believe That It's All Over   I Can't Find An Angel   I Can't Mend It   I Can't Wait Any Longer   I Can't Wait Any Longer (1978)   I Don't Have Anyplace To Go   I Don't Love You Anymore   I Don't Want It   I Dreamed About Mama Last Night   I Get The Fever   I Get The Fever (1966)   I Love You Because   I Love You Drops   I Love You Drops (1966)   I Love You More And More Everyday   I Missed Me   I Never Once Stopped Loving You   I Said A Prayer For You Today   I Saw the Light   I Still Believe In Love   I Still Feel The Same About You   I Still Miss Someone   I Thank God For You   I Walk The Line   I Wish It Was Mine   I Wonder If God Likes Country Music   I Wonder Where You Are Tonight   I'd Fight The World   I'll Be Somewhere   I'll Be Waiting   I'll Go Down Swinging   I'm Alright   I'm Happilly Married (and Plan On Staying That Way...   I'm Just Gone   I'm Leaving It Up To You   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   I'm Used To The Rain   I'm Walking The Dog   I'm Way Ahead Of You   I've Been Loving You Too Long   I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can   If I Loved You Too Much (i'm Sorry)   If It's All The Same To You   If Only You'd Of Happened To Me A Long Time Ago   If You Can Live With It (i Can Live Without It)   In Case You Ever Change Your Mind   In The Misty Moonlight   In The Summertime (you Don't Want My Love)   Introduction   It Came Upon a Midnight Clear   It Can't Go Anywhere But Wrong   It Feels So Good (To Feel So Good)   It Just Don't Take Me Long To Say Goodbye   It Takes A Worried Man   It Was Time For Me To Move On Anyway   It's Been So Long Darling   Joanna   Just A Closer Walk With Thee   Just As I Am   Just Enough To Make Me Want It All   Just For You   Kind Of Needin' I Need   Kiss You All Over   Knowing You're Mine   Ladies Get Lonesome Too   Last Thing On My Mind   Less of Me   Let Me Be The One   Let Me Take You Away   Let Me Whisper Darling One More Time   Liars One Believers Zero   Liars One, Believers Zero   Liars One, Believers Zero (1977)   Light At The River   Little Green Apples   Lonely Is Everything   Lonely Together   Lonely Weekends   Lonesome Is The Mother Of Soul   Long and Warm Ago   Look How I Love You   Looking Back To See   Lord's Prayer   Lot Of Things Different   Love Is a Fragile Thing   Love Is A Sometimes Thing   Love Me And I'll Be Your Best Friend   Love Song For Jackie   Love Takes Care Of Me   Love's Not Love (till You Give It Away)   Loving A Memory   Make Mine Night Time   Mama Never Got To Rock Us   Mama Sang A Song   Mama Sang A Song (1962)   Mama's Face   Married Lady   May You Never Be Alone   Me   Me And Bobby Mcgee   Meanwhile Back In Cleveland   Melinda   Memory No.1   Mercy   Molly   More and More   More Than A Bedroom Thing   Mornin' After Baby Let Me Down   Mountain Dew   Movie Queen   My Christmas List Grows Shorter Every Year   My Elusive Dreams   My Life   My Life (throw It Away If I Want To)   Nail My Shoes To The Floor   Nashville Mirrors   Nearer My God To Thee   Next Time You're In Tulsa   Ninety-Nine   Ninety-Nine   Ninety-Nine (1959)   No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore   Not Really Living At All   Now That's Love   Number One   Oh Lonesome Me   Ol' Doc Brown   Old Army Hat (including) America The Beautiful (Fe...   Old Country Church   Old Me And You   Old Rugged Cross   On and on and On   On His Way Down To The River   Once a Day   Once More   One Mile Over Two Miles Back   One More Sexy Lady   One Solitary Life   One Too Many Mornings   Only Way To Travel   Open Up Your Heart   Papa   Part Of My Heart (will Always Be Yours)   Peace In The Valley   Peanuts And Diamonds   Perfect Angel   Picture From Life's Other Side   Po' Folks   Po' Folks (1961)   Po' Folks Christmas   Poison Red Berries   Poor Sweet Baby   Precious Memories   Proof   Put A Little Love In Your Heart   Quits   Quits (1971)   Remember Me (when The Candle Lights Are Gleaming)   Remembering The Good   Restless   Rhinestone Grindstone (Feat. 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Joey and Rory)   Whispering Hope   Who Is The Biggest Fool   Why'd The Last Time Have To Be The Best   Wild Side Of Life   Wild Weekend   Wild Weekend (1968)   Will the Circle Be Unbroken   Wine   Without   Won't It Ever Be Morning   World Of Make Believe   Worry   Yonder Comes A Sucker   Yonder Comes a Sucker   You And Your Sweet Love   You Are My Story (You Are My Song)   You Can Change My World   You Can Have Her   You're Still The Only One I'll Ever Love   You're Worth Waiting For   Your Love Blows Me Away   Yours Love

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