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Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley

Rating:
4.2 / 5

Words & Music: traditional

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now mother walked that lonesome valley
Now mother walked, she walked it by herself
Well there ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her
She had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now father walked that lonesome valley
Now father walked it, he walked it by himself
Nobody else could walk it for him
Well he had to walk it, he had to walk it by himself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now John was a baptist
He was some folk say he was a Jew
He wrote that holy holy bible
The bible tells you, it plainly tells you
That he was, that he was a preacher too

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Recordingdate: 1956/12/04, first released on: The Million Dollar Quartet (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(piano)
(piano)
(accordion)
(vocals)
(vocals)

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bastiaanvinke wrote on June 04, 2009
Wish he'd sung a proper version!
sitdown revamped wrote on December 28, 2009
yes, a proper version would have been great. but this one is a fragile beauty. five stars.
dgirl wrote on March 09, 2012
Another fine song from the great Million $ Quartet. Some of these gospel songs they jammed on were better than the ones Elvis eventually recorded on his own. He should have recorded this one for sure.
freedom101 wrote on March 10, 2012
I wish Elvis would've recorded "Get Out of the Stables Grandma, You're Too Old To Be Horsing Around".
ElvisSacramento wrote on January 09, 2013
This is such a spectacular song and I wish that Elvis had recorded a proper version of it.
Steve V wrote on January 09, 2013
Perfect style for Elvis. Should have recorded it properly.
sugartummy wrote on March 29, 2013
Jerry Lee should have recorded a proper version, because he's doing most of the singing here.
Natha wrote on December 05, 2014
I am happy he did not record too many gospel songs in the fifties. It would have put me off. I love him as the King of RnR.
Gorse wrote on December 05, 2014
Really a vehicle for the very shy Mr Jerry Lee Lewis !!!. It exudes a certain amount of charm but not something I would play very often.
jaques marcello wrote on April 10, 2020
I like the gospel songs
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