around spins the barroom
Nan Bradford-Reid
n.b-reid at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Nov 2 14:46:59 PST 1995
>As I recall "Lord of the Dance" was *ahem* adapted from the traditional
>Christian song of the same name. I do not know of an earlier Christian
>source for "Circles", although there may well be one.
>
("Lord of the Dance," at least the one we sing in church, is to the tune of
"Simple Gifts," a Shaker tune which Aaron Copland used throughout
"Appalachian Spring.")
(Nan) Catherine
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