Carol Thompkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a Quaker for many years, I can guarantee you that Amazing Grace is not a
Quaker hymn. Quakers don't sing at meeting except in rare instances, nor do
we have hymns.
I think Philip meant the Shakers, not the Quakers (slight difference!).
Anyway,
Quakers don't sing at meeting except in rare instances, nor do
we have hymns.
I think Philip meant the Shakers, not the Quakers (slight difference!).
Thanks Anselm. I was thinking Shakers too, but I thought Amazing Grace was
more mainstream than that. It was written by a former slave boat
Amazing Grace 's entry in The Fiddler's Companion on the Ceolas site states
that in Beyond the Hebrides, edited by Donald Fergusson, there is the
following:
"Since the melody is that of a bag-pipe tune and is a gapped-scale melody
with a distinctly modal, plain-song character, it is very
I had
difficulty explaining to our host family the meaning of the title Amazing
Grace. I think I was right in saying it was an American quaker hymn or
was
that Lord of the Dance which was also played by our hosts in our honour!
Hi Philip,
As a Quaker for many years, I can guarantee you that
