AS DOWN IN THE VALLEY Sung by: Joseph A. Chadwick Recorded in Oxley, AR 8/20/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Mr. Chadwick: "Huh?" Dr. Wolf: "Tell who you are." ??: "Your name." Mr. Chadwick: "J.A. . . . Joseph A. Chadwick." Dr. Wolf: "All right. Give your address . . . where you live." Mr. Chadwick: "Oxley." Dr. Wolf: "And how old are you?" Mr. Chadwick: "Ninety-eight, I will be in October." Dr. Wolf: "Tell when your birthday was." Mr. Chadwick: "October the nineteenth." Dr. Wolf: "This is August the 20th, 1959. All right, you ready to sing?" Mr. Chadwick: "Huh?" Dr. Wolf: "You ready to sing?" Mr. Chadwick: "Oh, I'm always ready to sing." Dr. Wolf: "All right. Cut loose." Mr. Chadwick: "What is it you want, . . .?" Dr. Wolf: "That's right. That's exactly what I want.") As down in the valley, Where . . . There's no confusion, . . . in the sky. Perfumery of Eden As they wrote, As voices of angels Chant in the sky. Come . . . To glory arise The King of this world, And the child of the sky. Mr. Chadwick: "My breath give out." |
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