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"Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition" 78 rpm Bluebird - Hard To Find Version

$ 5.28

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Very Good: Large cache of 50 copies of this record was found in storage in two sealed record boxes and sold to me approx. 30 years ago. The Records are in very good condition (as pictured) with a few scuffs and light scratches. Each accompanying Sleeve in almost new condition. Must have originally come from a record store during or after World War II.

    Description

    SIDE ONE:   "PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION"
    SIDE TWO:   "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING"
    YEAR:  1942
    GENRE:   Blues / Gospel
    RECORD LABEL:   RCA - BLUEBIRD 30-0806
    RECORD TYPE:   78 RPM - 10 inch
    ARTIST:   THE SOUTHERN SONS
    RECORD CONDITION:   VERY GOOD
    SLEEVE CONDITION:   ALMOST NEW
    This song describes a chaplain being with some fighting men who are under
    attack from an enemy.  He is asked to say a prayer for the men who were
    engaged in firing at the oncoming planes.  The chaplain puts down his Bible,
    mans one of the ship's turrets and begins firing back, saying "Praise the Lord
    and pass the ammunition".
    Chaplain Forgy appeared on the game show "I've Got a Secret" in an episode
    that originally aired May 18, 1955, and recalled the story as follows:
    "Well, I was stationed aboard the USS New Orleans, and we were tied up
    at 1010 dock in Pearl Harbor when we were attacked again.  We were
    having a turbine lifted, and all of our electrical power wasn't on, and so
    when we went to lift the ammunition by the hoist, we had to form lines
    of men - form a bucket brigade - and we began to carry ammunition up
    through the quarter deck into the gurney, and I stood there and directed
    some of the boys down the starboard side, and as they were getting a
    little tired, I just happened to say, "Praise the Lord and pass the
    ammunition."  That's all there was to it."