Talk:Old-Time Religion

Negro spiritual?

I went ahead and classed this song as a Negro spiritual, even though I couldn't find it in any of the collections of old slave and plantation songs collected after the Civil War. The problem with using the Jubilee Singers as a source is that they used songs from many sources in their performances. "Old Time Religion" seems more akin to those old songs that came out of the camp meetings of the 1820s and 30s than to other songs collected from former slaves--but 1873 is as best as so far found. CoverTones (talk) 14:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

It isn't categorized as a Negro spiritual anymore, what happened? Maikel (talk) 12:43, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I think it's appropriate to characterize "Old-Time Religion" as a Black spiritual. A number of prominent spirituals have roots in camp meetings of the early nineteenth century, so that shouldn't be seen as disqualifying. The first appearance of the song in an 1873 edition of the Fisk Jubilee Singers' Jubilee Songs also shouldn't be disqualifying. Many prominent spirituals first appeared in print in Fisk or Hampton collections. Silversand (talk) 17:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Old time or old-time?

Shouldn't that be "Old-Time Religion" instead of "Old Time Religion" in order to foreclose the interpretation of "old time-religion"? Maikel (talk) 11:06, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Moved. Maikel (talk) 13:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Looney Tunes

The Song is Featured in the classic looney tunes cartoon "Tin Pan Alley Cats" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.91.169.108 (talk) 20:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Parker Millsap

Could use a reference to the recent Parker Millsap song, which is clearly in reference to the original. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaiselyModron (talk • contribs) 23:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

The bawdy version

In folk culture (in the US at least), there are distinctly pagan, bawdy versions of this song with hundreds of verses like:

Oh we used to worship Janus
Who could blow flames from his anus
His nether visage pains us
But it's good enough for me!

(as witnessed personally at Society of Creative Anachronisms events, and various other organizations with hundreds or more members each, in Texas) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siodhe (talk • contribs) 04:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

The song with 5 names by will wood.

"So give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It's good enough for me So give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It's good enough but not enough To be good enough for me"