Musicians
- Carter Stanley — Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Al Elliott — Baritone Vocals, Mandolin
- Chubby Anthony — Fiddle
- George Shuffler — Bass
- Ralph Stanley — Tenor Vocals
“He Said If I Be Lifted Up” is a Southern gospel quartet song whose title and refrain echo the words of Christ in the Gospel of John — the promise that, lifted up, he would draw all people to himself. It belongs to the body of sacred quartet music that flourished in the shape-note singing schools and gospel conventions of the early-twentieth-century South.
The song was reaching records by the late 1930s, in a version by a gospel vocal quartet, and it circulated steadily through that quartet tradition. Its tight four-part arrangement and clear scriptural message made it a natural fit for the gospel portion of a bluegrass program.
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