[78-L] FW: Just a Closer Walk With Thee

[Julian Vein]

On 10/02/13 12:51, Thomas Stern wrote:
> Forwarding this query from the ballad list - I think folks on 78 or ARSC
> list may have the answer.
>   What is the earliest recording?
>
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>   -----Original Message-----
> From: Fredamhran at aol.com [mailto:Fredamhran at aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:21 AM
> To: ballad-l at list.indiana.edu
> Subject: Just a Closer Walk With Thee
>
>
> I wonder if anyone can resolve a dispute that's about to erupt on another
> message board.
>
> Someone there says that the spiritual Just A Closer Walk With Thee was
> written in 1939. However, gut feeling suggests to me that, while it might
> have been first copyrighted then, the song goes back way before then.
>
> Would anybody know who's right?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Fred McCormick.
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> Composer shown as "W.S.Stevenson at
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        Julian Vein