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So High

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(Traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley)

Information:
LaVern Baker recorded So High using different lyrics and the title So High So Low in 1959. Her recording (Atlantic 2033) was a #12 rhythm & blues hit.

Elvis recorded So High at RCA's Nashville studios on May 27, 1966.

Lyrics:

He's so high (so high you can't get over Him)
So wide (so wide you can't get around Him)
So low (so low you can't get under Him)
Great God Almighty (you must come in at the door)

1. Oh well, He's high (so high you can't get over Him)
He's wide (so wide you can't get around Him)
So low (so low you can't get under him)
The mighty lamb (you must come in at the door)

Well I went down in the valley
You know I didn’t go there to stay
My soul got happy in the valley
You know I stayed right there all day

1. (repeat)

Well, I ain't been to heaven but I’m, I'm told
The streets, the streets are pearls
You know the mighty, mighty
Mighty gates are gold

1. 1. (repeat)

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on How Great Thou Art »

Singles:

- How Great Thou Art / So High (RCA SP-45 162) April 1967. Disc jockey promotional release. This record was used to promote the How Great Thou Art LP and the special Palm Sunday Radio program.

LPs/CDs:

- How Great Thou Art (1967) »

- How Great Thou Art (1977) »

- How Great Thou Art (1979) »

- Gospel 1957 – 1972: Known Only to Him (1989)

- Known Only to Him (1989)

- Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (1994)

- Gospel Favourites (1997)

- Peace in the Valley (2000)

- Elvis Gospel – Millennium Masters (2000)

- Easter Special (2001) – FTD »

- Elvis Ultimate Gospel (2004)

- So High (2004) - FTD »

- Elvis Ultimate Gospel 2007 Edition (2007)

- How Great Thou Art (2010) - FTD »

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