Artist: George Gaskin
Author: Robert Lowry/trad.
Label: Columbia cylinder
Year: 1897
Hymn from 1864, frequently used in western soundtracks (Stagecoach, The Searchers, Tobacco Road, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, Hang 'Em High, Hobson's Choice, Elmer Gantry, Trip To Bountiful). Arranged by both Aaron Copland and Charles Ives. Popular tune in Japan (as a children's song) and in Sweden (as a marching and a drinking song).
Covers:
Willie Nelson [as Shall We Gather]
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)