Talk:Bright Morning Star
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Billups version differs from Crawford Seeger version
[edit]This article appears to refer to two different songs. The lyrics given in Ruth Crawford Seeger's in American Christmas Songs for Children are not in Edward Billups The Sweet Songster. The Crawford Seeger version lyrics: "Bright morning stars are rising... Day is a breaking in my soul." A text search of the Billups book on Google Books does not turn up this text; instead Billups has an Isaac Watts hymn with the lyrics "Thou art my soul's bright morning star / And thou my rising sun" (but no other texts which contain "bright morning star" and "rising"). 173.76.113.130 (talk) 19:03, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Citation needed re: Appalachian spiritual
[edit]No source is given to document the statement that this is a traditional Appalachian spiritual first recorded in 1937. Ruth Crawford Seeger's book references Library of Congress recording AAFS 1379 A1. A search of the Library of Congress online material shows that recording was made by Alan Lomax in Harlan, Kentucky in 1937, of a singer named G. D. Vowell; however, that only proves that this song happened to be sung in that place at that time; the song could well have come from somewhere else. A thread at Mudcat.org did not find a conclusive origin for this song. If there is a citation showing this song is in fact a traditional Appalachian spiritual, it should be added -- otherwise, that first sentence should be modified or struck out. 173.76.113.130 (talk) 19:25, 30 September 2024 (UTC)