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Thread #49407   Message #746028
Posted By: Burke
10-Jul-02 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: Will YOU die Singing?
Subject: Lyr ADD: Oh, Sing to me of Heaven
Ebbie, thanks. I remembered ln. 1,2,4 but could not come up with 3 in a hurry. I've heard this same version during a break at a Sacred Harp singing. It was sung by 4 women all related to each other & from Sand Mountain in Alabama, in 4 part harmony.

I left out a line break in my credits above. This is for the harvester:

Lyrics: Mary Stanley Bruce Dana, 1840
Tune: John Massengale, 1850 in Sacred Harp p. 312t
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Oh, Sing to me of Heaven II

Oh, sing to me of heav'n,
When I am called to die,
Sing songs of holy ecstasy,
To waft my soul on high.

CHORUS:
There'll be no sorrow there
There'll be no sorrow there
In heav'n above where all is love
There'll be no sorrow there

etc.

Recorded by Ginny Hawker and Kay Justice on "Come All You Tenderhearted"
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