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Thread #20634   Message #4110738
Posted By: Haruo
19-Jun-21 - 11:01 PM
Thread Name: Who/what is the Great Speckled Bird?
Subject: RE: Who/what is the Great Speckled Bird?
For reasons unknown, hymnary.org has it as "The great spotless bird", and ascribes it to a G. T. Browyer or Brouayer. Link.

I'm interested in the origins of the interracial stanza; I don't remember where I got it, but I included it in one of my Evergreen Hymn Sings about a decade ago. As you can see, I attributed it to Guy Smith, but I'm not sure on what authority.