Through All the World Below

DESCRIPTION: "Through all the world below God is seen all around, Search hills and valleys through, There he's found. The growing of the corn, the lily and the thorn...." The song describes God's part in the entire universe, and how the creation praises the deity
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1825 (Columbian Harmony)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 34, "Captain Kidd-II" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: _Sing Out_ magazine, Volume 38, #4 (1994), pp, 60-61, "Captain Kidd" (1 text, 1 tune, with three-part Sacred Harp-style harmony)
Roud #6667
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wayfaring Stranger" (tune) and references there
File: LoF034

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