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Jul 31, 2026 - 12:20:10 PM

chuckv97

Canada

80838 posts since 10/5/2013

The well-known spiritual from the early 19th century , origin unclear. Everyone from Burl Ives, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Jo Stafford , Emmy Lou Harris, to Johnny Cash have recorded it.

youtu.be/2kN8hgua08Q?si=GzJf_fKQpZpjDuDF

https://share.icloud.com/photos/02bx560ALTNGTm-Ygu_rwS2eg


 

Edited by - chuckv97 on 07/31/2026 12:32:44

Aug 1, 2026 - 10:21:50 AM
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9715 posts since 9/5/2006

i read somewhere it came from germany in the early 1800s out of a hymnal type setting.

Edited by - 1935tb-11 on 08/01/2026 10:22:04

Aug 1, 2026 - 11:27:28 AM

chuckv97

Canada

80838 posts since 10/5/2013

quote:
Originally posted by 1935tb-11

i read somewhere it came from germany in the early 1800s out of a hymnal type setting.


Yeah, Terry... I found this on Wikipedia 


 

Aug 1, 2026 - 1:25:44 PM
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9715 posts since 9/5/2006

well ok then ,,that takes it back a long ways... still kinda jives with what i had heard or read or something....

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