Name: Chased Old Satan (Starry Crown Over Thar)
Duration: P00H02M09S
Description: This always struck me as more of a vaudeville number than a gospel tune, so we adopted vaudeville voices, partly inspired by the manic energy of the Holy Modal Rounders, and partly to make it sound different than our other gospel songs.

Chased Old Satan (Starry Crown Over Thar)

from NIHOWDY! by The Mountain High

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This always struck me as more of a vaudeville number than a gospel tune, so we adopted vaudeville voices, partly inspired by the manic energy of the Holy Modal Rounders, and partly to make it sound different than our other gospel songs.

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Well I chased old Satan down the lane
And I hit him on the head with a walking cane
I'm gonna wear that starry crown
Over thar Over thar

Over thar over thar
I'm gonna wear that starry crown over thar
Cause I got no skillet and I got no lid
The ash cakes taste like shortening bread
And I'm gonna wear that starry crown over thar

Well I chased old Satan round the stump
And I hit him on the head every time he jumped
I'm gonna wear that starry crown
Over thar Over thar

TWell I chased old Satan through the door
And I hit him on the head with a two by four
I'm gonna wear that starry crown
Over thar Over thar

Well I chased old Satan round the shed
And I hit him with a shovel upside the head
I'm gonna wear that starry crown
Over thar Over thar

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from NIHOWDY!, released March 14, 2015

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