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1 Cleansing Fountain(Words William Cowper)“ThereisafountainfilledwithblooddrawnfromImmanuel’sveins.”ThemanyfountainsoftheBlueRidgespringfromlimestone,quartzite,andgraniteandtumbleoverprecipicessuchasthetwoCrabtreeFalls—cleanwaterforthelifearoundandbeyond.
2 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: Nettleton/Beach Spring/Restoration (I Will Arise)(Words Robert Robinson)“Intunemyhearttosingthygrace.”Allthreeofthesewell-knowntunesareassociatedwiththisupliftingtext.
3 Pisgah(Words Isaac Watts)“WhenIcanreadmytitlecleartomansionsintheskies.”MountPisgah,inPisgahNationalForest,isnamedforthepeakwhereMoseslookedacrossintothepromisedlandjustbeforehisdeath,justasthishymnwhichpondersafutureinheaven.
4 Babel’s Streams(Words anon.)“ByBabel’sstreamswesatandweptasZionwethoughton.”Thefolkhymnsarefullofmountainandstreamimages,suchasthisquotefromthePsalms./Promised Land(Words Samuel Stennett)“OnJordan’sstormybanksIstandandcastawishfuleye.”
Recorded at Outback Studio, Mechanicsville, VA (804-730-4174) and Pine Wind Studios, Williamsburg, VA, by Timothy Seaman and Henry Smith.
Cover art by Jane Hillhouse, Hillhouse Graphic Design, llc (www.hillhouse4design.com). Photography by Kenneth Murray, used with permission, and Timothy Seaman (instrument shots).
Further grateful acknowledgements: Lynn Davis, Ann Childress, Karen Searle, Sam Rizzetta and Trapezoid, Cathy Seaman, Laurie Jean Seaman, Mills Gruber and Bob Lentz.
Dedicated to the memory of Appalachian folklorist George Pullen Jackson and Buffalo Mountain pastor Bob Childress.
Humpback Rocks Visitor Center, Milepost 6
An acoustic instrumental journey down the Blue Ridge Parkway with Timothy Seaman
F E AT u R I n G n E W I n T E R P R E T AT I O n S O F A P P A L A C H I A n F O L K H y M n S
Folk hymns of the Blue Ridgeareasvariedasthesources
An acoustic instrumental journey down the Blue Ridge Parkway with Timothy Seaman
F E AT u R I n G n E W I n T E R P R E T AT I O n S O F A P P A L A C H I A n F O L K H y M n S
Mayberry Presbyterian Church, Meadows of Dan, Virginia, Milepost 180
Harmony.Carolina(Words Charles Wesley) “AchargetokeepIhave,aGodtoglorify.”Thetuneisofthewidespread“LordRandall”groupofballadsthatincludesAmerica’s“TheWifeofUsher’sWell”andthefolkhymn“Idumea.”Iampartialtothesestrongoldfolktunesthatwereoncejoinedwithpopulartextssuchasthis.Howthewordsgainforce!Resignation(Words Isaac Watts)“Myshepherdwillsupplymyneed:Jehovahishisname;inpasturesfreshhemakesmefeed.”ForCrabtreeMeadows(Milepost340)andShiningRockWilderness(Milespost420).
9 Dulcimer(Words Joseph Swain)“Hisvoice,asthesoundofthedulcimersweet,isheardthroughthevalleyofdeath.”Thetuneisakinto“LordLovell”and“TheMermaid.”Bothtypesofdulcimerareincludedinthisarrangement.TheBlueRidgeishometoanumberoffinebuildersoftheseinstruments.Jefferson(Words John Newton, 1779) “Gloriousthingsoftheearespoken,Zion,cityofourGod,ontherockofagesfounded.”JeffersonandBoone,NC,(Milepost299),arehighlandtownsnamedforgreatearlyleadersamongthesettlersoftheBlueRidge.Cumberland(Words anon. & Joseph Swain)“Come,allyehappyracewhoareransomedbygrace.”Thetuneisofthe“Bailiff ’sDaughter”familyanddatesfromthesixteenthcenturyandearlier.CumberlandKnob(Milepost218),atthestateline,wastheParkway’sfirstrecreationareaandthelocationofthebeginningofitsconstructionin1935.
10 Converted Thief(Words attrib. Samuel Stennett) “AsonthecrosstheSaviorhungandweptandbledanddied”isanold-styleballadoftherobberwhoaskedforgivenessduringhisexecution,withtextfromMercer’s Cluster,1817.
11 New Britain (Words John Newton)“Amazinggrace(howsweetthesound)thatsavedawretchlikeme!”TheoldBritishIslesmelodywasfirstpublishedinWinchester,VAinVirginia Harmony,1831,thenjoinedwiththesewordsthreeyearslaterin The Southern Harmony.
13 Come Thou FounT oF every Blessing(Words Robert Robinson, 1758):“…tunemyhearttosingthygrace;streamsofblessingneverceasing…”Allthreeofthesewell-knowntunesareassociatedwiththisupliftingtext.Nettletonisavariantofthechildren’ssong“Go,TellAuntRhody.”Beach Springwasfirstpublishedin1844inThe Sacred Harp.OneofmyfavoriteBlueRidgefeaturesisaspringflowingoutfromrocksoverastream’sbeach.Restoration(I Will Arise)isrelatedtotheseculartune“TheCruelMother.”ForthefallsonCampbellCreekinThreeRidgesWilderness(Milepost14).
14 Pisgah(Words Isaac Watts)“WhenIcanreadmytitlecleartomansionsintheskies…”ThemelodyisrelatedtobothBritish(“LittleMusgraveandLadyBarnard”)andAfricanAmerican(“Lord,RememberMe”)sources.MountPisgah(Milepost408),inPisgahNationalForest,isnamedforthepeakwhereMoseslookedacrossintothepromisedlandjustbeforehisdeath,justasthishymnwhichpondersafutureinheaven.How Firm a Foundation(Words Rippon’s Selection, 1787) “…yesaintsofourLord,islaidforyourfaithinhisexcellentword!”ManyyearsagoIhadthenightlyprivilegeofsingingmyyoungdaughterstosleepwiththismasterpiece. Lead Me to the Rock (Words anon.)“InseasonsofgrieftomyGodI’llrepair…LeadmetotherockthatishigherthanI.”ForHumpbackRocks(Milepost6),RockyKnobRecreationArea(Milepost165)andLookingGlassRock(Milepost412).Sheet music of each melody in a singable key, full text, and suggested chords, is available at www.timothyseaman.com.
Cleansing Fountain A n A C O u S T I C I n S T R u M E n T A L J O u R n E y D O W n T H E B L u E R I D G E P A R K W Ay W I T H T I M O T H y S E A M A n , F E AT u R I n G n E W I n T E R P R E T AT I O n S O F A P P A L A C H I A n F O L K H y M n S
1 Cleansing Fountain(Words William Cowper, 1771)“ThereisafountainfilledwithblooddrawnfromImmanuel’sveins.”ThemanyfountainsoftheBlueRidgespringfromlimestone,quartzite,andgranite,tumblingoverprecipicessuchasthetwoCrabtreeFalls(Mileposts27and339)—cleanwaterforthelifearoundandbeyond.
2 JourneyingWealllongforourtruehome;formanyofus,themountainsareahomelikedestination.Babel’s Streams (Words anon.)“ByBabel’sstreamswesatandweptasZionwethoughton.”Thefolkhymnsarefullofmountainandstreamimages,suchasthisquotefromPsalm137,wordedsimilarlytothe1583Day’sPsalter.Pilgrim(John Barleycorn) (Words anon.) “Come,allyemourningpilgrimsdear,who’reboundforCanaan’sland.”ThiswidelyusedmelodyisthoughttohaveinfluencedStephenFoster’swriting.Bound for the Promised Land(Words Samuel Stennett)“OnJordan’sstormybanksIstandandcastawishfuleye.”Thetuneislike“I’llGoEnlistforaSailor,”andappearsintheoldbooksequallyinmajorandminorkeys.ForMountMitchell,thehighestpeakintheeasternU.S.at6,684feet(Milepost355).
4Morning Trumpet (Words John Leland)“OwhenshallIseeJesusandreignwithhimabove,andwehearthetrumpetsoundinthatmorning?Andfromtheflowingfountaindrinkeverlastinglove…”ThisrevivalspiritualisakintoAfricanAmericanspirituals;theauthorisnotedforpresentingPresidentJeffersonwitha1,600lb.wheofcheese.HishymnwaslaterafavoriteofAbrahamLincoln.
5 Holy Manna(Words George Adkins)“Brethren,wehavemettoworshipandadoretheLordourGod.”ThisperennialfavoritewasfirstseeninWilliamMoore’sColumbian Harmony,1825.
6 French Broad (Words William Walker)“Higho’erthehillsthemountainsrise.”TheauthorwrotethewordswhiletravelingonthemagnificentFrenchBroadRiver(Milepost394)in1831.Itsmelodyisavariantof“Kedron;”theshapenotesofthe“fa-so-lafolk”arefromThe Southern
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1 Cleansing Fountain (There Is a Fountain) 5:23 2 Journeying: Babel’s Streams/Pilgrim (John Barleycorn)/Bound for the Promised Land 5:52 3 Wondrous Love 2:15 4 Morning Trumpet 3:20` 5 Holy Manna (Brethren, We Have Met to Worship) 4:58
6 French Broad/Carolina/ Linville/Resignation (My Shepherd Will Supply My Need) 4:27 7 Linville 2:25
an acoustic instrumental journey down the blue ridge parkway
8 Bartimeus 3:33 9 Dulcimer/ Jefferson/Cumberland 5:39 10 Converted Thief 4:34 11 New Britain (Amazing Grace) 1:37 12 Virginia/Salem/Rockbridge/Staunton/ Peaks of Otter 5:36 13 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: Nettleton/ Beach Spring/Restoration (I Will Arise) 5:07
14 Pisgah (When I Can Read My Title Clear)/ How Firm a Foundation/Lead Me to the Rock 5:22