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Thread #1002 Message #1031178
Posted By: Tinker
07-Oct-03 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Peace of the River (G Gosling, V Wood)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peace I ask of thee oh river
I went to Girl Scout camp in East Otis Massachusetts at Camp Bonnie Brae between 1968 to 1974. Tinker was my camp name and I took it back on Mudcat, since it was where I first learnt folk music.
My old GS back pocket song book, which has lost it's cover, notes that Peace I ask of Thee oh River was
" Written during a training course for leaders and camp counslors given aboard a river boat on the Kentucky River."