Lyr Req: The Trumpet - The Chariot

Subject: Lyric Req: The Trumpet - The Chariot
From: Haruo
Date: 18 Oct 00 - 07:34 PM

"The Trumpet" is the tune name by which a text (by H. H. Milman) beginning "The chariot! the chariot!" is known in the fasola (shape-note) tradition. I first ran into this text in a (tuneless) syllabic Cherokee hymnal, and subsequently in a number of shapenote books including the Southern Harmony, the Sacred Harp Online, and the Social Harp. A couple years ago I translated it from some source that had only the first three verses, and where the second verse mentioned the Archangel Michael. None of the versions I can now locate have this reference to Michael. Does anybody recognize it, or have even a guess where it's from?

Liland

Subject: RE: Lyric Req: The Trumpet - The Chariot
From: Burke
Date: 18 Oct 00 - 07:45 PM

I looked at my sources when you mentioned this elsewhere, but came up blank.

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Subject: RE: Lyric Req: The Trumpet - The Chariot
From: Haruo
Date: 18 Oct 00 - 08:05 PM

Good suggestion, I'll do it.
Liland