"Shouting Time" (Anonymous/Hart/Luther G Presley/Stamps Baxter Music/BMI)

Also called Shoutin’ Time, Shoutin’ Time In Heaven, Shouting Time In Heaven, It’s Shouting Time In Heaven, and It’s Shoutin’ Time In Heaven.

History

The tune used for the verses is called ARISE or sometimes RESTORATION. It appeared in William Walker's Southern Harmony hymnal in 1854 with the text "Mercy, O Thou Son Of David," but no credit is given for a source. More recent hymnals list the tune as "Traditional American Melody" and credit Walker's hymnal as the first publication.

The writer of the first verse ("I will arise") is also anonymous. The earliest publication pairing it with the RESTORATION tune is probably Good News: or songs and tunes for Sunday schools, Christian associations, and special meetings (1876).

The second verse ("Come ye weary") is taken from the fourth verse of J. Hart's "Come Ye Sinners," published in A Choice Collection of Hymns, in which are some never before printed (1782). Most modern versions alter Hart's original words "bruised and mangled" to "lost and ruined" at the beginning of the second line.

Luther G. Presley adapted the verses and added the chorus to create the song "Shouting Time." It was published in New Gospel Songs by Stamps Baxter Music And Printing Company in 1975 after Presley's death in 1974.

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