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Beautiful Sta'h
Traditional Spiritual and Gospel Song;
ARTIST: Bahama Songs and Stories: A Contribution to Folk-lore, Volume 3; By Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895
SHEET MUSIC: http://books.google.com/books?id=3cw-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110&dq=Bahama+songs+and+stories:+A+contribution+to+folk-lore,+Volume&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; 1895
RECORDING INFO: Beautiful Sta'h
OTHER NAMES: "Beautiful Star" "Sta'h In The East" "Star In The East"
SOURCES: Bahama Songs and Stories: A Contribution to Folk-lore, Volume 3; By Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895
NOTES: "Beautiful Sta'h," is a traditional spiritual from the Bahamas. Most of the Bahama spirituals have similar versions found in the US.
Beautiful Sta'h- Bahama Songs and Stories: A Contribution to Folk-lore, Volume 3; By Charles Lincoln Edwards 1895
http://books.google.com/books?id=3cw-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110&dq=Bahama+songs+and+stories:+A+contribution+to+folk-lore,+Volume&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Beautiful sta'h, sta'h, sta'h,
Beautiful sta'h, bright mahnin' sta'h,
Beautiful sta'h, sta'h, sta'h,
Good Lawd a sta'h in de East.
Altho' you may see me go 'long so,
Sta'h in de East,
I have my triahls here below,
The sta'h in de East.
Beautiful sta'h, sta'h, sta'h,
Beautiful sta'h, bright mahnin' sta'h,
Beautiful sta'h, sta'h, sta'h,
Good Lawd a sta'h in de East.
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