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Softly And Tenderly

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Lyrics:

You know "Softly And Tenderly"?
Take it off. It's a good tempo. Take it off.

E:Give me a key.
That's a little high. Carl. Just a little bit.

(Softly and tenderly)
Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me (Well)
See on the portals
He's waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me

Well say come home (come home)
Well come home (come on home)
Ye who are weary come home

Earnestly, tenderly
My Jesus is a-calling
Well Carl say "O sinner"
Come on home, yeah

:Play it, Carl, play it

O sinner come home
Earnestly, tenderly
My Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me
Yeah now at the portals
He's waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me

Well I say come home (come home)
Well come home (please come on home)
Well ye who are weary come home, come home

Well,
Earnestly, tenderly
My Jesus is a-calling
Well Carl say "O sinner"
Come on home, yeah

More info:
The earliest known recording was on an Edison 2-min cylinder, number 9367, sung by Florence Hinkle and Harry MacDonough. The words of the number, sung during the "Million Dollar Quartet" jam session in 1956, are based on the biblical text 1 Corinthians 7:24, "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."


Lyrics:	You know "Softly And Tenderly"? Take it off. It's a good tempo. Take it off. E:Give me a key. That's a little high. Carl. Just a little bit. (Softly and tenderly) Jesus is calling Calling for you and for me (Well) See on the portals He's waiting and watching Watching for you and for me Well say come home (come home) Well come home (come on home) Ye who are weary come home Earnestly, tenderly My Jesus is a-calling Well Carl say "O sinner" Come on home, yeah :Play it, Carl, play it O sinner come home Earnestly, tenderly My Jesus is calling Calling for you and for me Yeah now at the portals He's waiting and watching Watching for you and for me Well I say come home (come home) Well come home (please come on home) Well ye who are weary come home, come home Well, Earnestly, tenderly My Jesus is a-calling Well Carl say "O sinner" Come on home, yeah

More info:		The earliest known recording was on an Edison 2-min cylinder, number 9367, sung by Florence Hinkle and Harry MacDonough. The words of the number, sung during the "Million Dollar Quartet" jam session in 1956, are based on the biblical text 1 Corinthians 7:24, "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."