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Thread #1002   Message #2627508
Posted By: GUEST,sharon
08-May-09 - 11:50 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Peace of the River (G Gosling, V Wood)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peace I ask of thee oh river
Gehlobit (german, don't know spelling)

This is probably the song we used to sing at Camp Hitaga near Walker, Ia. I don't know German, but I sang it for someone who spoke German, and he wrote out what he thought I was singing, but I lost the words. He said it translated as, "In the loving sight of God." as in "God is watching you." The phoenetic version of what we sang:

Gay lobin, Gay lobin, Gay lobin site der Herr mein Got