“Wicked Path of Sin” is a gospel song written by Bill Monroe. He recorded it with his Blue Grass Boys in the mid-1940s, during the years when his gospel quartet numbers helped shape bluegrass sacred singing.
The song is a plea for redemption. The singer confesses to having walked a wicked path of sin and asks to be turned from it, to be led back toward salvation before it is too late. The lyric pairs the weight of guilt with the hope of forgiveness.
Monroe’s gospel songs passed widely through bluegrass.
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