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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 01:16 PM
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Lift every voice and sing

... We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered ...
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/i/liftevry.htm

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 01:33 PM
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1. We shall overcome

http://www.stceliascorner.com/overcome.mid

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 01:39 PM
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2. Battle Hymn of the Republic

... the trumpet that shall never call retreat ...
http://www.contemplator.com/america/battle.html

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xchrom

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Sun Jan-20-08 01:42 PM
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3. the site doesn't have a lot of hymns --

but i'm a big fan of the old hymns -- and it has plenty of that.

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 01:56 PM
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4. MLK Day selection seems limited:

No "Eyes on the Prize (Gospel Plow)" or "O Freedom," for example

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xchrom

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Sun Jan-20-08 02:32 PM
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5. yeah -- they're asking the public for help

on copyrighted material.

they'd like to add more -- but --

anyway -- i've booked marked them -- hopefully they won't become inundated with praise hymns.

thank you very much.

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 05:29 PM
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8. That explains why Tindley's "’I'll overcome some day" is on the site, but "We shall overcome" is not

I hadn't realized Highlander held the copyright

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Sun Jan-20-08 04:23 PM
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6. That was our processional hymn this morning

It was played at that tempo, but I prefer it a little slower, so it sounds like the 1920s number that it is.

We also sang this one, although to a different tune:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mlehr/reflec/whatdoes/whatdoes.htm

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 05:22 PM
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7. We used it as a recessional

And thanks: I wasn't familiar with Bayly

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Sun Jan-20-08 08:27 PM
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9. The other tune is in the Episcopal hymnal, but I forget which number

It's a great option for MLK Day.

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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan-20-08 08:58 PM
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10. I step into an Episcopal Church several times a year so I'll try to remember to look it up

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kwassa

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Mon Jan-21-08 02:24 PM
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11. LEVUS, or LIft Every Voice and Sing, is also a supplemental hymnal

in the Episcopal Church.

I've sung this song so many times I have the base part memorized.

It is also known as the Black National Anthem.

It actually reminds me, in it's harmonies, of barbershop singing, as it comes from roughly the same era, written in 1900. It should be played as slowly and theatrically as possible.

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