Mormon Tabernacle, The
DESCRIPTION: "The Saints a tabernacle reared Where naught but sagebrush had appeared Without a nail or bolt or screw Or anything to nail it to." The singer describes the building and its organ -- plus its construction and fine acoustics
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | Mormon Tabernacle
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1893 - Completion of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City after forty years of construction
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 101-103, "The Mormon Tabernacle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10846
File: ChMS101
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