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Thread #89700   Message #3586111
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-Dec-13 - 03:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bright Morning Star
Subject: RE: Origins: Bright Morning Star
The version of "Bright Morning Stars" cited as the one recorded in 1957, from Norman Lee Vass, has not been found or posted. The Traditional Ballad Index lists these lines:

BRIGHT MORNING STARS
Blue Ridge Plateau

I hear the Savior calling (2x)
(For the) day is breaking in my soul
How I long to meet Him....
The golden bells are ringing...
I want to see my father...
I want to meet my Jesus...
Bright morning stars are rising....

Norman Lee Vass was a fiddler from the Blue Ridge Plateau. He played at Galax.