THE BALLAD OF J.VERNON MCGEE

HE WAS BORN IN TEXAS IN 1904, ON A SNOWY COLD SUMMER'S DAY.
AND HE LET OUT A YELL FROM THAT BIRTH’N ROOM AND THEY ALL KNEW HE’D SOMETHING TO SAY.

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NOW HE GREW UP IN SNYDER AND HE TRAPPED HIS WAY AROUND, AND HE DRANK JIPP WATER FROM A WELL.
AND AT 14 HE LOST HIS DEAR O’L PA AND HAD TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES BY HIMSELF.
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(CHORUS)
HE’LL BE A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WILL BE ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FORTH THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFY OF JESUS CHRIST.
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THOUGH TOUGH WAS HIS LIFE AND DIRECTION HE LACKED, HE PICKED COTTON AND BANKED TO MAKE HIS WAY.
THEN ONE EARLY MORN, HE HEARD THE OLD, OLD SONG AND BECAME A NEW CREATION THAT DAY.
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NOW HE HEARD THE GOSPEL CALL, THE CALL TO PREACH THE WORD AND HE KNEW THE GOOD LORD HAD A PLAN... AMEN!
AS HE STUDIED FOR THE MINISTRY, THE LORD LED HIM ALONG.
BY GOD'S GRACE HE WAXED STRONG AND TOOK HIS STANDS.
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(CHORUS)
HE’LL BE A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WILL BE ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FORTH THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFY OF JESUS CHRIST.

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WELL THE BIBLE BUS IT ROLLS AND IT STILL ROLLS ON TODAY AND THERE IS MANY WHO HAVE COME TO TRUST THE LORD... AMEN!
AND IN A 100 DIFFERENT TONGUES YOU CAN HEAR J. VERNON SAY,
“MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU MY BELOVED”.
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(CHORUS)
HE WAS A MAN, WHO GOD’S HAND, WAS ON HIS LIFE, TO SHINE FOR THE LIGHT.
HE WILL BRING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND TESTIFIED OF JESUS CHRIST.

This ballad was written in light of Dr. McGee's blessed ministry on our lives. He being dead yet speaketh! We play this ballad all the time with an Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin.

DJP I.F.