Posted on 11/26/2015 4:53:01 PM PST by gusopol3
Happy Thanksgiving
I learned this song in public elementary school
maybe better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAz0LZKAWjs
Played that last Sunday. Beautiful composition.
Nice, I had no idea it has been around for so long.
I wonder if it would get an applause today.
We Gather Together
One of my favorites. Thank you.
Very nice. I can’t recall having heard it before.
[snip] Adrianus (Adriaen) Valerius, also known as Adriaen Valerius, (c. 1575 – 1625) was a Dutch poet and composer, known mostly for his poems dealing with peasant and burgher life and those dealing with the Dutch War of Independence, assembled in his great work Nederlandtsche gedenck-clanck. [/snip]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianus_Valerius
Here are the words in an old movie, sung by Kathryn Grayson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4N4bfHTjc
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