Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 220

Old Fashioned Christmas sung by Jimmy Martin

I can see the holly in the window
Decorations on the tree
Stockings hung by the fireplace
Hung there with tenderness and glee

Soon old santa will be coming
There'll be lots of presents neath the tree
Back home at this old fashion Christmas
The whole family will make it complete

Yes this time of year is rather special to me
When the snow whitens the mountains
The valleys and the trees
Memories form a picture in my mind from days of old
Of an old fashion Christmas
And the family together back at home

I can see my sisters and my brothers, John & Roy
Everyone so happy and all so full of joy
Daddy and mother admire each one of us so dear
And the children are playing together
And all of them so full of cheer

Yes this memory of home in my heart
Is a memory that time will never take away
Because it lives all over again each year on Christmas day

So let me say to you,
If you are home or faraway
I hope you'll have an old fashion Christmas
And a Happy New Year's Day

Soon old santa will be coming
There'll be lots of presents neath the tree
Back home at this old fashion Christmas
The whole family will make it complete

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 201

Stormy Waters sung by Jimmy Martin

Though a pilgrim on earth I may journey alone
Knowing not what the future may hold may hold, may hold
I’d rather have Jesus and sing a sweet song
Than to covet their silver and gold

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour, how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I’m forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters surround me, but I’ll hold to God’s unchanging hand

Though I have disappointments so often I sigh
Stormy waters around me may roll
I'll hold to the hand of my Saviour so dear
He’s the Shepherd that's keeping my soul

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour, how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I'm forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters surrounds me, but I'll hold to God's unchanging hand

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour, how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I'm forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters surround me, but I'll hold to God's unchanging hand...........

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 174

The Voice of my Saviour, sung by Jimmy Martin

Recorded by Jimmy Martin
Written by Raymond Long and Jimmy Martin


I heard a sweet voice so tenderly calling
Saying arise be saved evermore
I knew it must be the voice of my Saviour
For I had not heard a voice like it before

I remember one night in an old fashioned meeting
I was praying to God to redeem my poor soul
When I heard the sweet voice of my lovin' Saviour
And I started that night to make Heaven my home

I heard a sweet voice so tenderly calling
Saying arise be saved evermore
I knew it must be the voice of my Saviour
For I had not heard a voice like it before

I'm glad that I heard the voice of my Saviour
I know I'm redeemed by His wonderful grace
Someday when He calls I'll go up to Heaven
And then in that city I'll look on His Face

I heard a sweet voice so tenderly calling
Saying arise be saved evermore
I knew it must be the voice of my Saviour
For I had not heard a voice like it before

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 172

Old Fashioned Christmas sung by Jimmy Martin

I can see the holly in the window
Decorations on the tree
Stockings hung by the fireplace
Hung there with tenderness and glee
Soon old santa will be coming
There'll be lots of presents neath the tree
Back home at this old fashion Christmas
The whole family will make it complete

Yes this time of year is rather special to me
When the snow whitens the mountains
The valleys and the trees
Memories form a picture in my mind from days of old
Of an old fashion Christmas
And the family together back at home
I can see my sisters and my brothers, John & Roy
Everyone so happy and all so full of joy

Daddy and mother admire each one of us so dear
And the children are playing together
And all of them so full of cheer
Yes this memory of home in my heart
Is a memory that time will never take away
Because it lives all over again each year on Christmas day

So let me say to you,
If you are home or faraway
I hope you'll have an old fashion Christmas
And a Happy New Year's Day

Soon old santa will be coming
There'll be lots of presents neath the tree
Back home at this old fashion Christmas
The whole family will make it complete

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 160

Stormy Waters

Sung by Jimmy Martin




Though a pilgrim on earth I may journey alone
Knowing not what the future may hold, may hold
I’d rather have Jesus and sing a sweet song
Than to covet their silver and gold

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I’m forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters all around me but I’ll hold to God’s unchanging hand

We'll have disappointments so often I sigh
Stormy waters all around me may roll
I'll hold to the hand of my Saviour so dear
He’s the Shepherd that’s keeping my soul

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I'm forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters all around me but I'll hold to God's unchanging hand

Stormy waters all around me and the tempest and fury may roll
But I have my dear Saviour how he helps me nobody can know
When it seems I'm forsaken and my earthly friends misunderstand
Stormy waters all around me but I'll hold to God's unchanging hand

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 144

I Like to Hear 'Em Preach It

Written by Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams, Sung by Jimmy Martin

I like to hear ‘em preach it, I like to hear ‘em pray
I like to hear ‘em talk about the good ol’ gospel way
They read it from the Bible and they all begin to shout
And I'm convinced that’s one thing that we can’t live without

I was a nonbeliever I didn’t believe in God
I was always sinning as upon this earth I trod
Since I’m bound in sinners I’m not alone
Salvation is the only way that we can get home

I like to hear 'em preach it, I like to hear 'em pray
I like to hear 'em talk about the good ol' gospel way
They read it from the Bible and they all begin to shout
And I'm convinced that's one thing that we can't live without

I'd sit way back in the church and I'd bow my head
And when they start to praying I'd do just as they did
Well I never even closed my eyes I'd listen to their prayers
And since that time I've found out God is everywhere

I like to hear 'em preach it, I like to hear 'em pray
I like to hear 'em talk about the good ol' gospel way
They read it from the Bible and they all begin to shout
And I'm convinced that's one thing that we can't live without

There’s people who look for bargains downtown in the stores
Denying God in His glory and all that He stands for
I don’t know about deductions but there’s one that I know
Well God’s your only bargain as you onward go 

I like to hear 'em preach it, I like to hear 'em pray
I like to hear 'em talk about the good ol' gospel way
They read it from the Bible and they all begin to shout
And I'm convinced that's one thing that we can't live without

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 138

When the Savior Reached Down His Hands For Me

 Sung by Jimmy Martin

Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way
I was wretched and blind as could be
But my Savior in love gave me peace from above
When he reached down his hands for me

When my Savior reached down for me
When he reached down his hands for me
I was lost and undone without God or his Son
When he reached down his hands for me

How my heart does rejoice when I hear his sweet voice
In the tempest to him I can flee
There to lean on his arm safe secure from all harm
When he reached down his hands for me

When my Savior reached down for me
When he reached down his hands for me
I was lost and undone without God or his Son
When he reached down his hands for me

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 100

God Guide Our Leader's Hand Written by Paul Williams and Jimmy Martin, sung by Jimmy Martin  
  God Guide Our Leader's Hand
Oh dear God please watch and guide our greatest leaders
Of all nations so that they may understand
That a war with these mighty destructive weapons
Could destroy us all upon this earth and land

We are livin' in the days the Bible tells us
That all evil will depart their friendship eyes
And with hate and evil destroyin' each others nations
Oh dear God please watch and guide our leader's hand

Oh dear God please watch and guide our greatest leaders
Of all nations so that they may understand
That a war with these mighty destructive weapons
Could destroy us all upon this earth and land

When you feel this ole earth begin to tremble
And you hear the mighty roarin' in the sky
And with a blinding flash of fire and destruction
From the mighty destructive weapons we must die

Oh dear God please watch and guide our greatest leaders
Of all nations so that they may understand
That a war with these mighty destructive weapons
Could destroy us all upon this earth and land

God tells us these wars will come upon us
That all evil will destroy this earth and land
We should pray for a great world wide revival
Instead of tryin' to see who's the strongest man

Oh dear God please watch and guide our greatest leaders
Of all nations so that they may understand
That a war with these mighty destructive weapons
Could destroy us all upon this earth and land

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 64

Prayer Bells Of Heaven
Written by Paul Williams and Jimmy Martin, sung Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys





Prayer Bells of Heaven
While we are living in this world of care
Many a burdens that we have to bear
But there's a prayer bell at the Lord's right hand
Give it a ring and He will understand

   Prayer bells of heaven oh how sweetly they ring
   Bearing a message unto Jesus our king
   When you are burdened down with troubles and care
   Ring on and on for God will answer your prayer
  When Paul and Silas were thrown into jail
They didn't worry who would go their bail
But on the prayer bells they began to ring
Off fell the stocks and they begin to sing      Prayer bells of heaven oh how sweetly they ring
   Bearing a message unto Jesus our king
   When you are burdened down with troubles and care
   Ring on and on for God will answer your prayer
  Three Hebrew children in the flames were thrown
Because a mortal king they would not own
Jesus delivered and the king then saw
Prayer bells of heaven beat a man made law      Prayer bells of heaven oh how sweetly they ring
   Bearing a message unto Jesus our king
   When you are burdened down with troubles and care
   Ring on and on for God will answer your prayer

Will We Have Room For Jesus ?

Will We Have Room For Jesus
Jimmy Martin, a native of Hancock County, Tennessee 

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music

That’s Jimmy Martin playing his guitar in the hills of Hancock County, East Tennessee as a young man......

I first saw this music documentary in 1995. It’s a wonderful history of Bluegrass music aka 'Old Time Mountain Style Music', plus some history of Appalachia.

A must-see video for Bluegrass fans, as well as a mandatory ‘Bluegrass primer’ for those who are just becoming interested in the uniquely American roots of country music.
 
Bluegrass as a musical form was derived from a combination of African and Scots-Irish traditions. The video explores these origins and provides an engaging and fascinating look at a musical evolution, featuring over 100 songs and bluegrass legends like Bill Monroe, that Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Martin, Flatt & Scruggs and others.

Movie is about 90 minutes long. I hope you enjoy it. Both educational and entertaining........

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 1

I thought I’d start posting a different Mountain Gospel Music video each Sunday morning. I hope this might be a blessing to someone.

So to kick it off, here is a video of Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee native Jimmy Martin singing 'When the Savior Reached Down His Hands for Me'.......

  When My Savior Reached Down   Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way
I was wretched and blind as could be
But my Savior in love gave me peace from above
When he reached down his hand for me

When the Savior reached down for me
When he reached down his hand for me
I was lost and undone without God or his Son
When he reached down his hand for me

How my heart does rejoice when I hear his sweet voice
In the tempest to him I can cling
There to lean on his arm safe secure from all harm
When he reached down his hand for me