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Thread #14989   Message #131952
Posted By: Sandy Paton
04-Nov-99 - 09:40 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Babe of Bethlehem
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Babe of Bethlehem
I imagine the one you're seeking is the one recorded by the Golden Ring on Folk-Legacy - recently reissued as our CD-16 CLICK HERE. If so, the Golden Ring folk learned it from Southern Harmony, first printed in New Haven in 1835. George Pullen Jackson reprinted it in Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America (New York, 1937). The tune is generally associated with the old ballad "Dives and Lazarus" (Child #56). Hope this helps.

Sandy