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GUEST,Roddy	Origins: Oh Freedom, Oh, Freedom (27)	RE: Origins: Oh Freedom, Oh, Freedom	28 Dec 11
Q, you wrote:- "Digression- No evidence I can find that "A Meeting Here Tonight," included by Allen in his 1867 book, meant anything other than a religious get-together prior to the Civil War period. It was first collected by Oliphant in 1856, with the first lines, "Oh, I takes my text in Matthew and by de Revelation, I know you by your garment, Dere's a meeting here tonight." See Dena J. Epstein, "Sinful Tunes and Spirituals, Black Music to the Civil War." Univ. Illinois Press." Who was the Oliphant whom you refer to?

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