The Little Mountain Church House
Jam-Along Backing Track
Lyrics
There’s a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday
Where friends and family gathered for the Lord
There and old fashioned preacher taught the straight and narrow way
For what few coins the congregation could afford
Dressed in all out Sunday best we sat on pews of solid oak
And I remember how our voices filled the air
How mama sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes
And when the roll is called up yonder I’ll be there
Looking back now that little mountain church house
Has become my life’s corner stone
It was there in that little mountain church house
I first heard the word I’ve based my life upon
At the all day Sunday singing and dinner on the ground
Many were the souls that were revived
While my brothers and my sisters who’ve gone on to glory land
Slept in piece in the maple grove nearby
About This Song
The Little Mountain Church House was written by Carl Jackson and Jim Rushing. It first came out in 1989 on two records. Most bluegrass players learned it from one of those two versions.
| Year | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | On the all-star Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two, with Ricky Skaggs singing lead and playing guitar |
| 1989 | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | On their gospel album I Heard the Angels Singing |
The one surprise in the chart is the chorus's first chord, the 5 minor. In the key of D that's an A minor, where you'd normally expect an A major. It lasts only two beats before the 1 comes back. After that the chorus stays on the 1, 4 and 5.
![[ HiFi ] Little Mountain Church House / Ricky Skaggs/Nitty Gritty](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6EB_bgVrs4g/hqdefault.jpg)
