Mudcat Café message #1408990

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Thread #78387 Message #1408990
Posted By: masato sakurai
14-Feb-05 - 03:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Lay Me Low (Shaker?)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Lay Me Low (Shaker?)

Susan, here's Andrews' comment:
39. LAY ME LOW

A "gift song" received by Addah Z. Potter of the New Lebanon Church order on April 15, 1838. One of many songs of humility and "mortification" written during the manifestations, this piece has a curious American Indian quality, slow, soft and plaintive. The tune is modal.