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Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts
Friday, May 22, 2026

I’ve Been Everywhere

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...in Rusk County. [Intro] I was totin’ my pack along the dusty old Jones Lake Road When along came a pickup truck with-a-out any load. “If ...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

The Old-Time Songs

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“The Old-Time Songs” poem describes a (perhaps imaginary) singing that uses Christian Harmony , Sacred Harp , and Temple Star song books. I...
Saturday, April 09, 2022

Selah, a word

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The word “Selah” occurs 71 times in the Book of Psalms (in 39 different psalms) and 3 times in the prayer of Habakkuk in chapter 3 . I cann...
Friday, March 20, 2020

All Is Well

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From The Sacred Harp (scan of first printing, scroll down to page 122; video from The Sacred Harp, 2006 Cooper Edition printing. Tune ...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

From the Heavenly Choir

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The following words were arranged for A. N. Whitten for his song, From the Heavenly Choir , No. 127 in the Harp of Ages . 1. When shall ...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond

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O ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road, And I’ll be in Scotland a’fore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again, ...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Tozer on the third stanza

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One of the commonest expressions heard in the public worship service is the leader’s directive, “Sing the first, second and last verses;” or...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

I was lost: He heard my cry

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If anyone knows the author of the words or composer of this music, I am very interested in finding out. Thanks! 1. Once my soul was lost i...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Baby It’s Cold Outside

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Our local news Tuesday morning reported on a song that had run afoul of the #MeToo movement – “ Baby It’s Cold Outside .” This isn’t a son...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

Noah's Dove by C. J. White

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The tune Noah’s Dove , as it appears in the 1884 New Sacred Harp on page 73.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

What’s wrong with contemporary?

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There is a continuing debate in the churches about “traditional” versus “contemporary” music. The term is typically used to refer to pop, ro...
Monday, June 05, 2017

Turn Your Radio On

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“I wrote ‘ Turn Your Radio On ’ in 1937, and it was published in 1938. At this time radio was relatively new to the rural people, especially...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Child of the King

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Cindy Walker of Mart, Texas ( 1917-2006 ), perhaps best known as a country-and-western songwriter, wrote both words and music to Child of ...
Saturday, April 01, 2017

7-11 choruses and contemporary songs

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Folks probably assume that I am opposed to contemporary songs and choruses, but that is not correct. My main opposition is not to newness o...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Only Through Grace

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“Only Through Grace,” a song by J. P. Lane, 1909 Click on image to enlarge it
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Church Song Quiz

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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Twelve days of Bible Reading

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In the twelve days of reading, my Bible taught to me: Twelve sons of Jacob, Eleven Judas-less apostles, Ten great Commandments, Nine le...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

The Unquiet Grave...

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...a hauntingly beautiful song. The Unquiet Grave Cold blows the wind to my true love and gently drops the rain; I only had but one tru...
Thursday, September 01, 2016

Song dedicated to the American Baptist Association

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Here’s a bit of obscure historical information. Probably most young people in churches in the American Baptist Association don’t know that ...

‘The church that Jesus built’ song

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Scan of R. N. Grisham’s “The Church That Jesus Built” song: