[AnAmericanMother]

Great hymn!

Are you sure it's in the Sacred Harp? Could it be in the Southern Harmony or Christian Harmony? I checked my 1971 Denson edition as well as my 1911 "Original Sacred Harp" and couldn't find it in either one. I was all set to sing it too :-( . ..

If you ever have the chance to attend a Sacred Harp singing, do it! It is a marvelous, uplifting experience.

[Uncle Jaque]

Re the Hymn; I just clipped it off of the MUDCAT Digital Tradition Data Base - a great resource by the way. The attribution is a direct cut and paste, although we could check it out.

I collect, study, and perform music of the 19th Century with emphasis on Hymns, Gospel, Spiritual, Civil War, and Sea Chanteys. Send me a PM if you are looking for anything - I can also turn you on to some great links to online early music collections. There is some wonderful stuff mouldering away in those archives!

Also play gut-strung parlor guitar and Minstrel banjo, Irish tin-whistle.

I'll post a Civil War version of "Babylon" later - warning - not very "PC at all!