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To: JavaTheHutt
Amazing Grace, I don't care who sings it, the song moves me every time I hear it. The lyrics dont even have to be there, it's a very moving song played on a bugle, bagpipes, even on harmonica.

It's particularly poignant when you learn that its author, John Newton, was the captain of a slave ship... and the hymn is autobiographical.

456 posted on 03/02/2006 12:06:36 AM PST by Swordmaker (Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
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To: Swordmaker
It's particularly poignant when you learn that its author, John Newton, was the captain of a slave ship... and the hymn is autobiographical.

yeah, I know. gives even more meaning to the song.

635 posted on 03/02/2006 4:08:47 PM PST by JavaTheHutt ( Gun Control - The difference between Lexington Green and Tienanmen Square.)
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