Traveling Evangelist Lyrics

In an old school bus and a pickup truck

With seventeen kids in tow

Traveling hard on the word of god

And the power of the holy ghost

He was a man of zeal, a man of faith

An extraordinary man of hope

From the Georgia plain to the sugar cane

To the California coast

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

You’ve never seen a man get down like this

With a bible and a hurricane

And a need to testify

One fist in the sky, one hand on a sinner

With the power of love in his eye

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

Till the last day of his life

It was rain or shine on the gospel line

When the tent meeting had begun

There were songs to be played

There was food to be made

The work was never done

This family was a rolling hurricane

With seventeen children strong

Mama had six, ten were adopted

And another just tagged along

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

You’ve never seen a man get down like this

With a bible and a hurricane

And a need to testify

One fist in the sky, one hand on a sinner

With the power of love in his eye

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

Till the last day of his life

I hear my share of that gospel prayer

I hear my share of lies

I know there’s some who’ll take your

Money and run sayin’ god is on their side

Daddy never lied, Daddy never cheated

I believe every word was true

He said “God don’t want your last dollar

Your faith in him will do

God don’t want your last dollar

Your faith..."

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

You’ve never seen a man get down like this

With a bible and a hurricane

And a need to testify

One fist in the sky, one hand on a sinner

With the power of love in his eye

Daddy was a traveling evangelist

Till the last day of his life