John Crook's video: ELVIS PRESLEY - AN AMERICAN TRILOGY LYRICS VINYL 1974 ORIGINAL RELEASE 1972

Elvis Presley - AN AMERICAN TRILOGY . This is the vinyl version of the song which was a track on the Album ELVIS HITS OF THE 70'S released in 1974 . AN AMERICAN TRILOGY is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis , who began including the song as part of his regular concert routine in the 1970s. It is a medley of three 19th century songs—"Dixie", a blackface minstrel song that became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy since the Civil War; "All My Trials", originally a Bahamian lullaby, but closely related to African American spirituals, and well-known through folk music revivalists; and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the marching song of the Union Army during the Civil War. The original Mickey Newbury version of the song reached # 26 in 1972, and # 9 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. Later in 1972, Elvis Presley's version reached # 66, and peaked at # 31 on the Easy Listening chart. Over 465 versions of AN AMERICAN TRILOGY have been recorded by different artists . ELVIS PLAYLIST : ELVIS PRESLEY THE SINGLES & MORE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzbnMW9BTXUio7twA3hecUnzqR3BGMEgz ELVIS PLAYLIST : ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIE THEME SONGS :- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzbnMW9BTXUiuok4ovqM5GTF5d0ItSHnu CHANNEL LINK : http://www.youtube.com/user/johncrook45?feature=mhee LISTEN TO OTHER TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM : KENTUCKY RAIN ( LYRICS ) : http://youtu.be/ywiXy-9X4F8 BURNING LOVE ( LYRICS ) : http://youtu.be/v4Ovwg29GpE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME ( LYRICS ) : http://youtu.be/u6V50PIedVk NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED , COPYRIGHT ADMINISTERED BY SME . THIS IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY . ALL IMAGES ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. LYRICS : Oh I wish I was, in the land of cotton, Old things they are not forgotten, Look away, look away, look away Dixieland, Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie For Dixieland, that's where I was born, Early lord one frosty morn, Look away, look away, look away Dixieland Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah His truth is marching on. So hush little baby Don't you cry You know your daddy's bound to die, But all my trials Lord ,will soon be over Glory, Glory hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth is marching on