Belter--

You're welcome.

It's remarkable how MacGimsey wrote that song in 1934, in homage to the great tradition of spirituals, and it fits so perfectly. My group has it on one of our Christmas CD's, sung by a wonderful local black singer, and it's wonderful. It was just stunning when she sang it in the packed Kennedy Center Concert Hall---just her voice ringing out, no other sound. It sounded as if she'd grown up with it.