Price hit Nashville in the early 1950s, rooming for a short time with Hank Williams. When Williams died, Price took over Williams' band, the Drifting Cowboys, and had minor success. He was the first artist to have a hit with "Release Me" (1953), a song made famous by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967. However, Price became one of the stalwarts of the grinding, honky tonk music that became even more popular in the early 1950s with such singers as Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce and others. Price developed the famous "Ray Price Shuffle Beat" that is heard on "Crazy Arms," which served as the beat for many honky-tonk classics since then.
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(Charlotte Elliott - William Bradbury)
(Just as I am, just as I am.)
Just as I am without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee
Oh, lamb of God I come, I come (I come.)
Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot
To Thee who's blood can cleanse each spot
Oh, lamb of God I come, I come (I come.)
--- Instrumental ---
Because Thy promise I believe
Oh lamb of God I come, I come (I come...)