johnross - -
    I'm wondering if I heard the version you're speaking of in Columbus, GA, in either '98 or '99 during the School of the Americas Watch vigil at Fort Benning. It was my first time there, and about 1500 or so of the 10,000 gathered had "crossed the line" onto the base, and had then been transported to we-didn't-know-where on school buses. Turned out the military had checked ID's and arrested those who had previously been issued ban & bar notices and transported all the newbies out another gate to a baseball field a couple miles from the main gate, issued them their notices, and left them to trek back. Those who had not crossed the line had committed to stay put until everyone who had was accounted for, and occupied more than a mile of the approach to the Main Gate. As soon as the gathered masses saw those who'd been released approaching on foot from the opposite direction, they began welcoming them with what was to me a totally new version of Bright Morning Stars Are Rising - much more up-tempo and spirited than the Fox Hollow version. And made sure that each wave of returners walked that last mile or so to the cheers and song of the crowd. I was told the version being sung was a "southern version."