Yes, I did just say that. Sometime in 1968, The Blue Ridge Quartet were approached about having their song "Oh Glory, Hallelujah", written by Mabel Crowe, in an upcoming feature film. The story goes that they accepted the offer, deposited the money, and never knew what film the song would be used in, or what the context would be. Much to their horror, the song shows up in the opening scene of "Midnight Cowboy", an X-rated movie released in 1969. Midnight Cowboy stars Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, and has since been changed to a R rating, if you'd like to check out the fist few minutes to hear the song. Basically, (from Wikipedia, I've never watched the movie) the film opens as Joe Buck (Voight), a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a prostitute. In the scene, Voight is on a bus scanning a transistor radio when he stops on the song "Oh Glory, Glory Hallelujah,"
Luckily for us Blue Ridge devotees, that is not how we remember the song. Many a concert finished off with Bill Crowe singing:
Burdens now are lighter, brighter is my way
It is such a joy to walk with Him
It is such a joy to walk with Him
When this journey here is o'er
I'll set my feet on heaven's shore,
Eternity all joy will just begin!
Oh Glory, glory hallelujah
Praise the Lord today I know I'm free.
He is with me, and if I stay close to Him
Safe from harm and danger I will be.
When my Jesus saved me,Washed my sins away
Cast them in the bottom of the sea
Picked me up, turned me around
Set my feet on higher ground
Now I'm walking happy, glad and free!
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