Young She Leads with Innocence, The

DESCRIPTION: "The young she leads with innocence In pleasure's paths to tread, A crown of glory she bestows On every hoary head." The original begins, "How happy are all they who hear true Wisdom's guiding voice."
AUTHOR: Michael Bruce (1746-1767) (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: as a traditional item, 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood); thought to have been written c. 1764 (source: John Julian, editor, _A Dictionary of Hymnology_)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 47, "The young She leads with innocence" (1 fragment, verse 4 of the original text)
Roud #25367
File: KSUC047A

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