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The Rose Tree

from Old​-​Time Songs by Martha Burns

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---With John de Re and Kelly Macklin (vocals)

A selection from the Shenandoah Harmony (2012), a spectacular compilation of music from the “fa-so-la” singing tradition more commonly identified with another collection, the Sacred Harp (1844). The tune, from which the song gets its title, is traditional, dating to the late-eighteenth century. The words are from a longer text composed in 1807 by Alexander Campbell, a prominent figure in America’s second Great Awakening. This three-part arrangement is by Ananias Davisson, the Virginia tunebook printer and compiler whose own Kentucky Harmony (1816) inspired the new book. John del Re and Kelly Macklin, among those who created the Shenandoah Harmony, join me on this track.

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There is a land of pleasure,
Where streams of mercy ever roll,
’Tis there I have my treasure,
And there I long to rest my soul.

The vale of tears surrounds me
And Jordan’s currents roll before.
O! How I stand and tremble,
To hear the dismal water’s roar!

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from Old​-​Time Songs, released October 13, 2021

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Martha Burns Washington, D.C.

Old-time American folk songs the old-time way.

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