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Introduction:
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Arlis Richards was a man who lived among the blacks
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He was a crosstie walker with guitar on his back
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barely educated couldn't write his name
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but when he played his guitar this is what he sang
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I have been set free pain and misery no longer follow me I know Jesus!
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Just outside of Memphis back in 52
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Arlis was a ramblin the way that he would do
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playing on his guitar sitting in the shade
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people came to listen to the music that he made
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I have been set free pain and misery no longer follow me I know Jesus!
BRIDGE UNKNOWN CAN WORK WITH OTHERS
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Some folks walked on by when they saw the color of his skin
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others stayed and cried when they saw the man within.
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when his song was over Arlis went his way
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But some folks say revival started that day
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I have been set free pain and misery no longer follow me I know Jesus!