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Thread #31002   Message #401197
Posted By: Burke
18-Feb-01 - 10:48 PM
Thread Name: As it is Sunday...Favourite Hymn?
Subject: RE: BS: As it is Sunday...Favourite Hymn?
Refer to the old thread for mine. Most of what I sing is hymns or 'spiritual songs'

Neither How can I keep from Singing or Simple Gifts are Quaker Hymns. Simple Gifts is a Shaker song. How can I keep from Singing is words by Anne Steele late 1860's with music by Robert Lowry. Lowry's compositions can be found in many evangelical hymnals. The attribution to the Quakers was a mix up by Pete Seeger.