WORLD NEEDS A MELODY, THE
(Red Lane / Larry Henley / Johnny Slate)


Red Lane - 1971
Jean Shepard - 1971
Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely - 1972
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - 1972
Johnny Cash - 1972
Bill Anderson - 1975
Dale Evans - 1976
Kenny Rogers - 1976
Roy Clark - 1980



As recorded by DALE EVANS:

The world needs a tune that it can hum, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
The world needs a guitar that it can strum
The world needs a melody it can sing, sing, sing, sing
Let's all sing together
In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore
Oooh-oooooh together

The world needs a bell that it can chime
The world needs a drum to keep the time
The world needs a melody it can sing, sing, sing, sing
Let's all sing together
Gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside
Oooh-oooooh together

The world needs a reason to clap its hands
The world needs a leader for its band
The world needs a melody it can sing, sing, sing, sing
Let's all sing together
Give me that old time religion, give me that old time religion
Oooh-oooooh together

In the sweet (Gonna lay down my burden, that old time religion)
In the sweet (Gonna lay down my burden, that old time religion)
In the sweet (Gonna lay down my burden, that old time religion)
Together






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)