World needs a tune that it can hum hm hm hm   World needs a guitar that it can strum   World seeds a melody it can sing sing sing sing sing let's all sing together   In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore together   World needs a bell that it can chime the world needs a drum to keep the time   World seeds a melody it can sing sing sing sing sing let's all sing together   We come together down by the riverside uh uh uh togehter   World needs a reason to clap its hands world needs a leader for its band   World seeds a melody it can sing sing sing sing sing let's all sing together   Give us that old time religion give us that old time religion uh uh uh together   In the sweet (give us that old time religion)   In the sweet (give us that old time religion)   In the sweet (give us that old time religion) uh uh uh together