Is 'Amazing Grace' a Celtic song?

no, though there are those who would class it as such simply because the tune is a traditional Irish one.

The words were written in 1772 by an Englishman, John Newton. Newton wrote this hymn some time after converting to Christianity in the village of Kineton, in Warwickshire, England. The lyrics are based on his reflections on an Old Testament text(1 Chronicles 17:16-17) he was preparing to preach on, adding his perspective about his own conversion while on his slave ship, the Greyhound, in 1748.
The music is an Irish melody, trad. arr. William Walker.

-sourced from Wikipedia


Charlotte (the view from ma and Pa's piano stool)