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Jimmy Fortune: God & Country

July 4, 2025 | S25 E102 | 29:0

Jimmy Fortune: God & Country
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Gaither Gospel | Jimmy Fortune: God & Country | July 4, 2025
  • ♪(humming)♪
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  • Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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  • ... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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  • Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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  • ... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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  • Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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  • The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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  • ... of who we are.
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  • (choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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  • ♪how they linger♪
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  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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  • Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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  • ... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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  • ... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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  • ... personal treasure of memories.
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  • For these folks, many precious memories...
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  • ... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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  • They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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  • ... by god's amazing grace.
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  • - ladies and gentlemen, ♪precious scenes unfold♪
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  • Mr. jimmy fortune.
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - yes!
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  • [cheers and applause continue]
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  • [soft music]
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  • - thank you.
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  • - ♪ ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory ♪
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  • ♪ of the coming of the lord. ♪
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  • ♪ he is trampling out the vintage ♪
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  • ♪ where the grapes of wrath are stored. ♪
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  • ♪ he hath loosed the fateful lightning ♪
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  • ♪ of his terrible swift sword. ♪
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  • ♪ his truth is marching on. ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ his truth is marching on. ♪
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  • [rousing music]
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  • - yeah!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ this land is your land, ♪
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  • ♪ this land is my land... ♪
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  • Bill: for more than 20 years,
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  • Jimmy fortune traveled our great nation
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  • With the legendary country icons the statler brothers,
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  • And today he is still going strong.
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  • Both: ♪ america... ♪
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  • Bill: this esteemed member of the country music
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  • And gospel music halls of fame is here with us today,
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  • Bringing together two great american pastimes:
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  • Singing and storytelling.
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  • - ♪ ah, country roads, won't you take me home... ♪
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  • ♪ because he lives... ♪
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  • - hi, i'm bill gaither,
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  • Inviting you to get comfortable,
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  • Because you don't want to miss a single minute
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  • Of this musical celebration of faith and freedom.
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  • Gaither music group is thrilled to present
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  • "jimmy fortune: god & country."
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  • - ♪ i roamed and rambled ♪
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  • ♪ and followed my footsteps ♪
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  • ♪ to the sparkling sands of ♪
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  • ♪ her diamond deserts. ♪
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  • ♪ and all around me, ♪
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  • ♪ a voice was sounding, ♪
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  • ♪ "this land was made for you and me." ♪
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  • ♪ this land is your land, ♪
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  • ♪ this land is my land, ♪
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  • ♪ from california ♪
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  • ♪ to the new york island, ♪
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  • ♪ from the redwood forest ♪
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  • ♪ to the gulf stream waters. ♪
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  • ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, this land was made for you and me. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Yeah!
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Whoo!
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  • Thank you all!
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  • Yeah!
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  • Thank y'all so much!
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  • Thank y'all so much! man! whoo!
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  • - jimmy, you're a country boy from the hills of virginia.
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  • Thank y'all so much! man! whoo!
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  • - jimmy, you're a country boy from the hills of virginia.
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  • - right.
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  • - i'm a country boy from indiana.
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  • And we both have two things in common.
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  • We both love our god and we do love our country.
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  • So this is gonna be a wonderful celebration.
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  • - you know, when we--
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  • First of all, thank you for this opportunity.
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  • I really do appreciate it.
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  • And, you know, we had a great time
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  • Doing this project, "god & country."
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  • And it was so special to me.
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  • It's kind of been an emotional journey for me
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  • To do this project, because, you know,
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  • Thinking about our country today
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  • And about where i came from
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  • And how i grew up here in the united states,
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  • It's just a wonderful place to grow up.
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  • And if ever our country needs god,
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  • It's now, i feel like,
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  • And these songs really, to me, touched my heart,
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  • And i think they're gonna touch a lot of people's hearts.
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  • - i love history, and i read a lot of history
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  • And especially the early beginnings of this country.
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  • I am still amazed as to how those--
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  • I don't know--15, 20, 25, maybe 30 men
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  • Put this thing together
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  • And held it together through some pretty turbulent times.
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  • It's pretty amazing.
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  • - well, that's what makes america so great, i think,
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  • Is the hard things that we went through
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  • To get it to this point
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  • And those words that this country was built on,
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  • "in god we trust," you know.
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  • I hope that we never forget those words,
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  • Because i think that's such a--
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  • The mainstay of this country.
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  • And i believe with all my heart
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  • As long as we stay true to those words,
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  • We're always gonna be all right.
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  • But this is a great place to live.
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  • It really is. it's just a wonderful place.
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  • - and music has always been
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  • A very, very important part of it.
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  • And we're going into a song that i dearly love.
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  • Every time we're in west virginia,
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  • We sing this, and you would think
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  • That we were singing
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  • "just as i am, without one plea."
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  • We're in a gospel concert and we sing,
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  • "west virginia, take me home," and the place goes crazy.
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  • - you know, that song has always been a mainstay with me.
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  • I remember when it first came out.
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  • John denver had the hit on it and everything.
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  • It was on the radio for a couple of weeks.
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  • And i didn't really--
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  • I kind of had heard the song and i fell in love with it,
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  • But we were playing at-- i remember---
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  • A moose lodge in charlottesville, virginia,
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  • One night, and we were between songs,
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  • And this man came up and he said--
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  • He said, "if y'all can play that new song by john denver,
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  • 'country roads, take me home,' i'll give you this $100 bill."
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  • And it was the first $100 bill i'd ever seen.
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  • - [laughs] - he's waving it--
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  • He's waving it around, and i said,
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  • "is that a real $100 bill?"
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  • The other guys said, "i don't know if it is or not."
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  • But i said--i said, "well," i said, "okay." i said--
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  • I just lit into it and i started playing it.
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  • I didn't know the words, so i made them up.
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  • - yeah.
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  • - but he didn't know the difference.
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  • Both: so-- [laughter]
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  • - so you did sing it that night, right?
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  • - oh, we sang it. we sang it.
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  • We got that $100 bill, boy,
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  • And i'll tell you, we had a good time.
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  • We had milkshakes and things that night,
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  • Hamburgers, you know.
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  • It was pretty good.
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  • - well, you're gonna sing it now,
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  • And you know all the words this time.
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  • - we know all the words now, yes.
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  • We do.
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  • [upbeat music]
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  • ♪ almost heaven, west virginia, ♪
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  • ♪ blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ life is old there, older than the trees, ♪
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  • ♪ younger than the mountains, ♪
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  • ♪ blowing like a breeze. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ all my memories gather round her. ♪
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  • ♪ a miner's lady, stranger to blue water. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ dark and dusty, painted on the sky. ♪
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  • ♪ misty taste of moonshine, a teardrop in my eye. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ i hear her voice. ♪
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  • ♪ in the morning hour, she calls me. ♪
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  • ♪ the radio reminds me of my home far away. ♪
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  • ♪ driving down the road, i get a feeling ♪
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  • ♪ i should have been home yesterday. ♪
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  • ♪ yesterday. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ah, country roads, won't you take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong? ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ won't you take me home ♪
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  • ♪ down a country road? ♪
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  • ♪ come on, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ down a country road. ♪
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  • [holding note]
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Thank you.
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  • Yeah!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Yeah!
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  • Yeah!
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  • Here's a little song called "the battle of new orleans."
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  • My daddy would walk by the car
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  • And walk down the driveway, and he'd always say,
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  • "son, you know, you can always come home, you know?
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  • You've always got a place here."
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  • And that meant so much to me.
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  • - isn't that good to know?
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  • - it's just good to know.
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  • And god's that way with us too, that kind of love.
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  • I'm thankful for that.
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  • I'm thankful for that place called home,
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  • 'cause i sure have been there many times
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  • And get to rest my head.
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  • And it's good, really is.
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  • [soft music]
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  • - just keep listening to that homing device.
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  • It'll lead you home. - right.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ softly and tenderly, ♪
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  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
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  • ♪ calling for you ♪
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  • ♪ and for me. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ see, on the portals, ♪
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  • ♪ he's waiting and watching, ♪
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  • ♪ watching for you ♪
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  • ♪ and for me. ♪
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  • ♪ "come home. ♪
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  • ♪ "come home. ♪
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  • ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
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  • ♪ come home." ♪
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  • ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
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  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
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  • ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
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  • ♪ come home." ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ oh, for the wonderful love ♪
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  • ♪ he has promised, ♪
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  • ♪ promised for you ♪
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  • ♪ and for me. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ though we have sinned, ♪
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  • ♪ he has mercy and pardon, ♪
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  • ♪ pardon for you ♪
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  • ♪ and for me. ♪
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  • ♪ "come home. ♪
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  • ♪ "come home. ♪
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  • ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
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  • ♪ come home." ♪
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  • ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
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  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
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  • ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
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  • ♪ come home." ♪
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  • [holding note]
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • ♪ and he talks with me. ♪
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  • ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
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  • ♪ his own. ♪
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  • ♪ and the joy we share ♪
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  • ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
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  • ♪ none other ♪
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  • ♪ has ever known. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ he speaks, and the sound ♪
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  • ♪ of his voice ♪
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  • ♪ is so sweet, ♪
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  • ♪ the birds hush their singing. ♪
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  • ♪ and the melody ♪
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  • ♪ that he gave to me ♪
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  • ♪ within my heart ♪
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  • ♪ is ringing. ♪
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  • ♪ and he walks with me, ♪
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  • ♪ and he talks with me. ♪
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  • ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
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  • ♪ his own. ♪
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  • ♪ and the joy we share ♪
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  • ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
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  • ♪ none other ♪
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  • ♪ has ever known. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ none other has ever ♪
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  • ♪ known. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • I'm standing here as a thankful person,
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  • Not realizing, knowing how i even got here.
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  • I'm just a simple guy from up in virginia.
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  • If you ever saw "the waltons" tv show,
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  • You saw how i grew up, where i grew up.
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  • I was friends with earl hamner,
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  • Who was the writer and creator of "the waltons."
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  • And so coming from that place,
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  • I guess i always did follow my heart in music,
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  • And i think everybody
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  • Should follow their heart, no matter what.
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  • And--'cause you never know where it's gonna take you.
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  • 'cause that's what god gave you.
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  • God gave you that talent.
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  • God gave you whatever it is he gave you,
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  • And he gives everybody a little something different.
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  • Not everybody has the same thing.
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  • But you can bet and best believe
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  • That god gave you something.
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  • So use it.
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  • You never know where it's gonna take you.
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  • And now here i am standing onstage with the isaacs
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  • And these great musicians that are back here
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  • That i consider the absolute best in the world
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  • And i love them dearly with all my heart.
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  • They breathe life into everything that we do.
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  • [applause]
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  • So...
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  • So we're all here-- we're all here,
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  • Myself and all of you, not by accident.
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  • We're here because god wanted us to be here today.
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  • And i believe that with all my heart.
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  • So thank you so much for coming.
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  • God bless you.
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  • [applause]
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  • [soft music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - sing it, jimmy.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ when peace like a river ♪
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  • ♪ attendeth my way, ♪
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  • ♪ when sorrows ♪
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  • ♪ like sea billows roll, ♪
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  • ♪ whatever my lot, ♪
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  • ♪ thou hast taught me to say ♪
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  • ♪ it is well, ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:22:01.943 --> 00:22:08.016
  • ♪ it is well, ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ my sin, oh, the bliss ♪
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  • ♪ of this glorious thought. ♪
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  • ♪ my sin, not in part ♪
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  • ♪ but the whole, ♪
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  • ♪ is nailed to the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ and i bear it no more. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the lord, ♪
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  • ♪ praise the lord, ♪
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  • ♪ o my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ it is well, ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ it is well, ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • I love you with all my heart.
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  • God bless you.
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  • [applause continues]
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  • - jimmy, you're a part of the gaither family now,
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  • And we're glad to claim you as kinfolk.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:01.022
  • - well, i sometimes can't believe
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  • That i get to be a part of it.
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  • - you know what?
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  • We are better together, aren't we?
  • 00:25:06.194 --> 00:25:08.163
  • And we are certainly better
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  • That you're a part of our family.
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  • God bless you, jimmy. - god bless you too, bill.
  • 00:25:12.267 --> 00:25:14.069
  • - we love you and your family. - you too, buddy.
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  • God bless you, you and gloria both.
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  • Appreciate you.
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  • [rousing music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - yeah!
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:24.846 --> 00:25:26.047
  • - ♪ i roamed and rambled ♪
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  • ♪ and followed my footsteps ♪
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  • ♪ to the sparkling sands of ♪
  • 00:25:29.985 --> 00:25:31.886
  • ♪ her diamond deserts. ♪
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  • ♪ and all around me, ♪
  • 00:25:33.922 --> 00:25:35.924
  • ♪ a voice was sounding, ♪
  • 00:25:35.924 --> 00:25:38.393
  • ♪ "this land was made for you and me." ♪
  • 00:25:38.393 --> 00:25:41.696
  • ♪ this land is your land, ♪
  • 00:25:41.696 --> 00:25:43.698
  • ♪ this land is my land, ♪
  • 00:25:43.698 --> 00:25:45.233
  • ♪ from california ♪
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  • ♪ to the new york island, ♪
  • 00:25:47.369 --> 00:25:49.237
  • ♪ from the redwood forest ♪
  • 00:25:49.237 --> 00:25:51.339
  • ♪ to the gulf stream waters. ♪
  • 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:53.775
  • ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪
  • 00:25:53.775 --> 00:25:56.945
  • ♪ yeah, this land was made for you and me. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Yeah!
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Whoo!
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  • Thank you all!
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  • Yeah!
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  • Thank y'all so much!
  • 00:26:17.632 --> 00:26:19.601
  • [applause continues]
  • 00:26:19.601 --> 00:26:50.231
  • ♪precious memories♪
  • 00:26:53.768 --> 00:26:59.574
  • ♪how they linger♪
  • 00:26:59.574 --> 00:27:06.648
  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
  • 00:27:06.648 --> 00:27:08.283
  • Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
  • 00:27:08.283 --> 00:27:10.785
  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
  • 00:27:10.785 --> 00:27:13.855
  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
  • 00:27:13.855 --> 00:27:17.292
  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
  • 00:27:17.292 --> 00:27:21.062
  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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