"Lift Him Up That's All" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1927 by Washington Phillips.
[2] The verses tell the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, found in the Gospel of John at 4:4-30.
The refrain draws from the Gospel of John at 12:32, often interpreted as a prophecy of the Crucifixion and/or the Resurrection of Jesus: And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.and runs as follows:[3] Oh, lift Him up, that's all, Lift Him up in His word, If you'll tell the name of Jesus everywhere, If you'll keep His name a-ringin' everywhere that you go, He will draw men unto Him.
The song seems to have fallen into obscurity until revived in 2002 by the bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley.
[citation needed] The refrain has some resemblances to that of the 1903 hymn "Lift Him Up" by Johnson Oatman, Jr., but the music and verses are different.