"New Britain" also known as "Loving Lambs" appeared in print sometime in the 1830s. John Newton wrote the words to Amazing Grace in the 1700s. What the original tune was, no one seems to know - I have read that hymns at that time were often chanted, rather than sung. Which may explain the great number of hymns that were written in the 1700s but use melodies from later on. Play around in the Cyber Hymnal a little while and you'll see.

I believe it's the last verse, about the 10,000 years, that was added later, but I don't know off the top of my head.

As I said, GUEST, all those things are true. Amazing Grace is a favorite song of mine, and I have more than one fond memory of singing it. I also love the bagpipes. It's just that I get tired of the two going together and I wanted some clarification of how that happened in the first place.

I remember Fox on the Run - I was just a wee lassie in the 70s but I can recall really liking that tune. I haven't heard it enough over the years to get tired of it. Didn't Tom T. Hall write that?