that I caught the almost startlingly appropriate words:

"It is good for a world in trouble;
It is good for a world in trouble;
It is good for a world in trouble;
And it's good enough for me.

It's the old-time religion;
It's the old-time religion;
It's the old-time religion;
And it's good enough for me.

It was good for my old mother;
It was good for my old mother;
It was good for my old mother;
And it's good enough for me."


Then much to my astonishment they did something that I have since
learned is the very way that these songs grew from the beginning. They
extemporized a verse for the day, and they did it on the spot. I made
absolutely certain of that by careful investigation. They sang this
extra verse:

"It was good for ole Abe Lincoln;
It was good for ole Abe Lincoln;
It was good for ole Abe Lincoln;
And it's good enough for me."