Lyr. Add: NEW BORN AGAIN

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Newborn again.
Been a long time talkin',
Bout a startin' on de way.

1. Free grace! free grace! Free grace, sinner!

2. Free grace! free grace! free grace, brother!

3. Free grace! free grace! free grace, sister!

4. Free grace! Free grace! free grace, mourner!

With music.
William E. Barton, D. D., "Old Plantation Hymns," New England Magazine, Dec. 1898, vol. 25, issue 4, pp. 446-447.

"It was in Alabama, by the way, that I got the song "New Born Again," whose rising and syncopated "Free grace, free grace, free grace, Sinner," make the grace more ample with each repetition. It has a certain dignity combined with light joyousness which our Gospel Hymns often strive for in vain. Indeed, there are several things for us to learn from these songs."

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The first of three important articles by Barton on hymns and melodies of African Americans, most with music, in the New England Magazine, 1898-1899.