Gospel Medley

Name: Gospel Medley
Duration: 4 min 9 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.13	Gospel Medley	4:09	Butch Waller	The Ninth of July	Butch Waller	Album	XW2026-04-17	Big Chicken Records (affiliated with High Country)
1.13	Gospel Medley	4:09	Butch Waller	The Ninth of July	Butch Waller	Album	US2026	Big Chicken Records (affiliated with High Country)	BC 103

engineer:	Matt Dudman (US bluegrass/country musician and recording engineer)
producer:	Matt Dudman (US bluegrass/country musician and recording engineer) Butch Waller
double bass [bass] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:	Matt Dudman (US bluegrass/country musician and recording engineer)
guitar [lead guitar]:	Bob Waller (US bluegrass guitarist)
mandolin:	Butch Waller

recording of:	1. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (instrumental, medley) 2. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (instrumental, medley)

lyricist:	Elisha A. Hoffman (19th century hymn/gospel writer) Anthony Johnson Showalter
composer:	Anthony Johnson Showalter

arrangements:	Leaning On The Everlasting Arms (Group VBS/Jay Stocker arrangement)

lyricist:	Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855)
composer:	Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868)

later parody versions:	Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
later translated versions:	Hvilken venn vi har i Jesus
later versions:	What a Friend We Have in Congress
is the basis for:	Ik heb u lief When This Lousy War Is Over (set to the tune of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus")
arrangements:	12 Songs: What a Friend What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Sid Feller and Joe Guercio arrangement/'adaptation', recorded by some artists incl. Jim Nabors, The Supremes)