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I Wonder As I Wander

Postby KRUG » 09 Dec 2016 09:54

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The lyrics are a vital part to an understanding of the feeling of this song and they are printed below so please read/sing them as you listen.

I first heard this song sung in the early 70’s by The Spinners and have loved it ever since.
"I Wonder as I Wander" is a Christian folk hymn, typically performed as a Christmas carol, written by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles. The hymn has its origins in a song fragment collected by Niles on July 16, 1933.
While in the town of Murphy in Appalachian North Carolina, Niles attended a fundraising meeting held by evangelicals who had been ordered out of town by the police. In his unpublished autobiography, he wrote of hearing the song:
A girl had stepped out to the edge of the little platform attached to the automobile. She began to sing. Her clothes were unbelievable dirty and ragged, and she, too, was unwashed. Her ash-blond hair hung down in long skeins.... But, best of all, she was beautiful, and in her untutored way, she could sing. She smiled as she sang, smiled rather sadly, and sang only a single line of a song.
The girl, named Annie Morgan, repeated the fragment seven times in exchange for a quarter per performance, and Niles left with "three lines of verse, a garbled fragment of melodic material—and a magnificent idea". Based on this fragment, Niles composed the version of "I Wonder as I Wander" that is known today, extending the melody to four lines and the lyrics to three stanzas. His composition was completed on October 4, 1933.
Niles's "folk composition" process caused confusion among singers and listeners, many of whom believed this song to be anonymous in origin. Niles undertook lawsuits to establish its authorship and demanded royalties of other performers of the song.

I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I;
I wonder as I wander out under the sky

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall
With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all
But high from God's heaven, a star's light did fall
And the promise of ages it then did recall.

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing
A star in the sky or a bird on the wing
Or all of God's Angels in heaven to sing
He surely could have it, 'cause he was the King

I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I;
I wonder as I wander out under the sky

Keith
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Re: I Wonder As I Wander

Postby JohnT » 09 Dec 2016 10:34

Hi Keith Not getting anything. John
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Re: I Wonder As I Wander

Postby KRUG » 09 Dec 2016 11:36

Hi John, Try again the link is working fine.

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Re: I Wonder As I Wander

Postby JohnT » 09 Dec 2016 12:41

Hi Keith. I think the fault was my iPad. Tried others not working. Now got it going. A nice tune and sounds. An easy listen. John
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Re: I Wonder As I Wander

Postby Brian007 » 09 Dec 2016 12:54

Hi Keith,

Enjoyed that one , some real impressive voice you used in that tune, I enjoyed listening to it.

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Re: I Wonder As I Wander

Postby KRUG » 10 Dec 2016 08:23

Glad that you got it working John. Thanks to all for listening.

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