By all evidence neither English nor Puritan -- the earliest version of the text I've been able to find is in _Millennial Praises_ (1813), the original Shaker hymnbook, where it appeared without music or attribution. Noted Shaker scholar Daniel W. Peterson attributes the text to Richard Nemar, a Pennsylvania Presbyterian preacher who converted to Shakerism in 1805. This version seems to come from _The Sacred Harp_ where the tune is attributed to Canadian-born W E Chute with a date of 1878. Further evidence for this version being from _The Sacred Harp_ is that the fourth and final verse here does not match any of those in _Millennial Praises_ (which had six verses) but is present in the later _Sacred Harp_ versions.
@philipcollins90
5 ай бұрын
Which as a Quaker I find funny because puratins hated both Quakers and dancing and shakers are Quakers that dance in worship and now the puratins are being conflated with the two things they hated
@andrejohannsen4089
Ай бұрын
Cromwell -( Ireland) ❤
@CCC-b1n
8 күн бұрын
Are Puritans and Quakers the only denominations that sing this?
@IanVonRed
5 күн бұрын
Sadly, I wouldn't know. Everywhere I saw this song it was just listed as a Puritan one.
@Abridgelion
Ай бұрын
Purpleeyeswtf didn't send me here, I just ended up here as a result of his video.
@Mr.President107
15 күн бұрын
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@MorbSquad420
Жыл бұрын
I thought music was not allowed under Puritan rule
@zackkilgore528
11 ай бұрын
Dancing wasn’t I’m sure. Not because of what you think, it wasn’t because it was thought to cause sexual immorality but because dancing at the time, which is similar to ballroom dancing, was thought to be derive from a Witch’s ritual.
@user-mc7ov2ru2r
10 ай бұрын
@@zackkilgore528This isnt true. Otherwise please cite your sources.
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