Track Title:               No Restricted Signs In Heaven


Prime Artist:              Golden Gate Quartette
Written by:                Ervin M. Drake
From:                      1945


Lyrics:

Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
Folks were knocking at the Pearly Gates
Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
Askin' `bout the rooms and `bout the rates.
Old St. Peter, official greeter,
He was present to let them in;
A few looked down `cause their skin was brown
But Pete he hollered with a great big grin:
"Welcome! Welcome!
"There are NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP UN HEAVEN
"And there no see-lected clientele,
"There are NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP IN HEAVEN,
"And, brother, brother, that goes double for Halleluyah!"

Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
Pete he told them "Kindly follow me."
Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
So they tagged along and what did they see?
Snow white angels, colored angels, 
Sons of David and some Chinese;
You don't dress swell, not for that hotel,
You can check in in your dungaress -
Welcome! Welcome!
There are NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP IN HEAVEN
And there's no see-lected clientele;
There are NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP IN HEAVEN
And, brother, brother, that goes double for Halleluyah!

Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
Pete, he knocked upon a door of stone;
Knock a knock a knock knock - knock knock,
And, Lo! the Lord upon a simple throne;
And he looked like Moses and he looked like Buddha
And like the Savior, so wise and kind;
He told His young, each in their native tongue:
"You're all my guests if you will keep in mind,
"Listen! Listen!
"There are NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP IN HEAVEN
"And there's no see-lected clientele;
"There are  NO RESTRICTED SIGNS UP IN HEAVEN 
"Or, children, children,
"On the double for Halleluyah!
"On the double for Halleluyah!!!" 

    Written in 1945, recorded by the Golden gate Quartette in 1946. Eight 
years before Rosa Parks made her heroic stand in an Alabama bus and 15 years 
before Martin Luther King "had a dream."  I am proud of this song.
                    Ervin Drake


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