Eden Above, The

DESCRIPTION: "We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy, The home of the happy, the kingdom of low. Ye wanderers from God in the broad road of folly, Oh, say will you go to the Eden above?" The song describes the delights of this Eden Above
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (Wakefield and Hunter, The Minstrel of Zion, according to Eddy)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Mary O. Eddy, "Twenty Folk Hymns," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), p. 42, "The Eden Above P.M." (1 excerpt, 1 tune)
NOTES [30 words]: Eddy says the tune of this is "Did You Ever See a Lassie?" -- but it is a difficult fit for that melody, and the tune Eddy prints for this is not the "Lassie" melody that I know. - RBW
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