1: I went down to camp meeting the other afternoon,

For to hear them shout and sing

And tell each other how they love one another

And make "Hallelujah" ring.



2: There was old Uncle Daniel and his brother, Ebenezer,

Uncle Rufus and his lame gal, Sue,

Aunt Polly and Melinda and Old Mother Bender.

Well, you never saw a happier crew.



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Oh little children, I believe!

Oh little children, Ibelieve!

Oh little children, I believe!

I'm a Methodist 'til I die!

I'm a Methodist, Methodist!

'Tis my belief. I'm a Methodist'til die!

Tiil old grim Death comes a- knocking at the door, I'm a Methodist 'til I die!



3: Well, they all go there for to have a big time

And to eat up that grub on the sly,

Have applesauce butter with sugar in the gourd

And a great big Methodist pie!



4: You ought to hear the ringing when they all go to singing

That "Good Old Bye-and-Bye"!

There's Jimmy McGee in the top of a tree

Shouting "How's this for high?"



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5: Well, they all join hands and they march around a ring.

And keep a-singing all the while.

You'd think it was a cyclone coming through the air.

You can hear them 'bout half a mile!



6: Then the bell rings loud and that whole big crowd

Breaks ranks and up they fly,

While I take aboard the sugar in the gourd

And I finish off the Methodist pie.



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