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Ballstown/Great God, Attend While Zion Sings
Shape-Note Gospel; Words from Isaac Watts (1674-1748); Music in William Walker's Southern Harmony in 1835.
ARTIST: From an unknown shape-note singing (Wolf Collection)
CATEGORY: Traditional Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1835, William Walker's Southern Harmony
RECORDING INFO:
OTHER NAMES: "Great God, Attend While Zion Sings"
SOURCES: William Walker's Southern Harmony
NOTES: "Ballstown" is from an unknown shape-note singing (Wolf Collection). The original text is from Isaac Watts (1674-1748) and it appears with music in William Walker's Southern Harmony in 1835.
BALLSTOWN- Sung by: Unknown singers; Wolf Collection
Click here to listen to the original recording: http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/unknownballstown1268.mp3
Great God, attend while Zion sings
The joy, that from thy presence springs;
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
[These last weave in and out repeatedly.]
Ballstown: Southern Harmony no. 162
First Line: Great God, attend while Zion sings
Meter: L.M.
Printable Page Scan:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/hymn/Ballstown.html
MP3: Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention, 1942 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/ala_sacred_harp/Ballstown.mp3
1. Great God! attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from thy presence springs;
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth,
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