The world needs a tune that it can hum, hum, hum, hum   The world needs a guitar that it can strum   World seeds a melody it can sing, sing, sing, sing   Now let's all sing together      In the sweet by and by we shall meet   On that beautiful shore together      World needs a bell, it can chime   World needs a drummer to keep the time   World seeds a melody it can sing, sing, sing, sing   Now let's all sing together      Go lay down my burden down   By the riverside together      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   Now let's all sing together      Give us that old time religion   Give us that old time religion together   In the sweet that old time religion   (Go lay down my burden)   In the sweet that old time religion together, together   (Go lay down my burden)