Oh my gosh, I had no idea that this was the kind of family I married into. Just kidding; I grew up singing that I was the circumcision too! What a hilarious story, Ben! I can so see your dad doing a tambourine solo. Did the tambourine have all kinds of ribbons streaming down from it, with something like "Jehovah Jireh" written on the drumhead part? I think I remember that being "in" back then.
Joseph Cotten
· 2 years ago
Hey Jessica, remember that you guys were the ones who took the ubiquitous "Charismatic Two-Step" and made it into the "Maranatha Two-Step," after your church name.
Good times. I also remember us singing another scripture song that night from Exodus. Yeah, I'm sure the general populace of Fuquay-Varina are intimately acquainted with the fun-to-read book of Exodus (King James Version, of course). The song went a little something like "I will sing unto the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously, the horse and rider thrown into the sea!!!" Yipee! God hates equine sports!! You have to wonder if the listeners were frightened at this point. "Who's Delores, and why did she toss a horse and a jockey into the ocean?"
The best part of that night was when some elderly lady gave me some spiked eggnog.
Ben Cotten
· 2 years ago
LOL! Joseph, I had forgotten about the horse and the rider song. I sang that song every Sunday for many years having no clue what it was about.
Jessica, I don't think it had ribbons. That was considered feminine. All ribboned tambourines were played by women. Wearing doilies on their head.
Joseph Cotten
· 2 years ago
Yeah, Dad had the "authentic" Israeli tambourine with a natural wood finish and left a dent in your thigh when you played it. That's Biblical masculinity.
Ben Cotten
· 2 years ago
While blasting a shofar with the skill of Louis Armstrong.
ded
· 2 years ago
too funny!! ROFL
Chip Watts
· 2 years ago
This really made me laugh and smile, a good way to close my day. Thanks!
Sarah (Real Life)
· 1 year ago
Do y'all remember when we were in college, and a friend (who shall remain un-named)used to sing that song at the top of his lungs in the student union? Then, he would start doing the charismatic "chicken dance."
Ben Cotten
· 1 year ago
LOL! I DO remember the chicken dance. Very well, in fact. I had forgotten that...
Josh Britnell
· 1 year ago
That's a really funny story!
I came upon your post after googling "we are the circumcision" to show to my wife that it is (was) actually a song. Man, those were the days.
Ron Cantrell
· 1 year ago
"Kol HaKavod" (congrats), as we say in Israel. After spending 20 years of my life living in Jerusalem as a Christian Worker, and knowing all there is to know about all that and Charismania too, that was just too good.
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Just kidding; I grew up singing that I was the circumcision too!
What a hilarious story, Ben! I can so see your dad doing a tambourine solo. Did the tambourine have all kinds of ribbons streaming down from it, with something like "Jehovah Jireh" written on the drumhead part? I think I remember that being "in" back then.
Good times. I also remember us singing another scripture song that night from Exodus. Yeah, I'm sure the general populace of Fuquay-Varina are intimately acquainted with the fun-to-read book of Exodus (King James Version, of course). The song went a little something like "I will sing unto the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously, the horse and rider thrown into the sea!!!" Yipee! God hates equine sports!! You have to wonder if the listeners were frightened at this point. "Who's Delores, and why did she toss a horse and a jockey into the ocean?"
The best part of that night was when some elderly lady gave me some spiked eggnog.
Jessica, I don't think it had ribbons. That was considered feminine. All ribboned tambourines were played by women. Wearing doilies on their head.
I came upon your post after googling "we are the circumcision" to show to my wife that it is (was) actually a song. Man, those were the days.