A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
Deseret NewsPublished: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008PROVO, Utah
-- New research has recovered the more upbeat tune John Taylor used when he sang "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" to Joseph Smith just before the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was murdered on June 27, 1844.
The tune had been lost to history. For 140 years, church members have sung the song to a different tune, one commissioned by Taylor himself.
Read the interesting story, download a copy of the original music with all seven (7) verses, AND hear it!
http://mormontimes.com/studies_doctrine/church_history/?id=4102
Compare it to the present version in our hymnals - Plug in Hymn #29
1 comment:
I like the old unknown version of the song. But I am a sucker for different arrangments of well known songs. Nothin like a good mix up.
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