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A man works a cornfield on St. Helena Island, where "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" was first attested. "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (also called "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", or "Michael, Row That Gospel Boat") is a traditional spiritual first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. [2]
This is a list of songs written by the American gospel songwriter Dottie Rambo. Rambo wrote over 2500 songs throughout her lifetime, and many have been recorded by hundreds of artists. [1] Songs are listed in alphabetical order and followed in parentheses by other notable artists who have recorded or performed the song.
The "Eton Boating Song" is the best known of the school songs associated with Eton College that are sung at the end-of-year concert and on other important occasions. It is also played during the procession of boats. The words of the song were written by William Johnson Cory, an influential master at the school. The melody was composed by an Old ...
Z 608, Incidental Music, The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once in the Right (1691) – [Movements 2 and 3 lost, both Songs, titles unknown] Movement 1, Song, "Behold the man" Z 609 , Incidental Music, The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love (1695) – [The Suite is lost]
But with a stout vessel and crew, We'll say, let the storm come down. And the song of our hearts shall be, While the wind and the water rave. A life on the heaving sea, A home on the bounding wave. (Chorus) A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, and the winds their revels keep,
[8] [9] It is suggested as a resource by the Sibley Music Library [10] and by libraries at other universities such as Stanford University, [11] University of California, Los Angeles, [12] Brown University, [13] University of Pennsylvania, [14] University of Wisconsin–Madison, [15] Oberlin Conservatory of Music, [16] Manhattan School of Music ...
The tune is also sometimes used for the text "Lord God of Hosts, within whose hand", written by Laurence Housman for the 1906 English Hymnal. [ 12 ] It was among the songs sung on 9 August 1941 [ 13 ] at a church service aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales attended by Winston Churchill (who requested it be sung) and Franklin D ...
The music and lyrics were first printed in the 1907 Folk Songs of the American Negro, edited by Frederick J. Work. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The song has been recorded by artists including Yolanda Adams , Chanticleer , Kirk Whalum , Hank Jones , Little Richard , Cassietta George , John Fahey , the Mormon Tabernacle Choir , Barbara Hendricks , James Cleveland ...