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Amen!, 1965
Written by Bonnie Dowd
A spoken-word morality tale, gospel style. This song was originally recorded by Hank Williams. The ironic twist in the song's story is that a woman whose lifestyle is denigrated by a smug Christian lady later dies saving the life of a child — the daughter of none other than the priggish puritan who put her nose up at the woman! It's a simplistic and heavy-handed tale, as was the style at the time.