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Connie's not-at-all-comprehensive list of melodies which Amazing Grace can be sung to...

Y'know, if you don't like the dirge-y quality of the normal melody. Of course, it's only dirge-y because people use it at funerals, but that's not the point.

1. Auld Lang Syne, both the original and the common versions
2. House of the Rising Sun
3. Skibbereen
4. Tramps and Hawkers
5. Star of the County Down
6. Clementine
7. The Parting Glass, but not really
8. Oh, Suzanna if you skip the chorus
9. The Eyes of Texas
10. O, Christmas Tree

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[identity profile] peaseblossom03.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder if maybe you meant "Oh Suzanna" rather than "Clementine"?

Incidentally, most of Emily Dickinson's poetry can be sung to the above too...
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[personal profile] conuly 2005-09-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
No, I don't. It works.

[identity profile] satyrblade.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, Laura Love did an awesome, upbeat Gospel/ Cajun version of "Amazing Grace" on her album Octaroon. Check it out - if you have itunes, it's available in their music store.
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[personal profile] rachelkachel 2005-09-27 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
There's one we sing at church more often than the original... I don't know where the tune comes from, though. It has a lot of Alleluias in it and usually the second verse is Jesus Loves Me (which I've always thought was a little odd).
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[personal profile] deceptica 2005-09-27 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Fraggles! :-D

[identity profile] ironychan.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You forgot 'The Ballad of Gilligan's Island'.

[identity profile] peaseblossom03.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder if maybe you meant "Oh Suzanna" rather than "Clementine"?

Incidentally, most of Emily Dickinson's poetry can be sung to the above too...
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[personal profile] conuly 2005-09-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
No, I don't. It works.

[identity profile] satyrblade.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, Laura Love did an awesome, upbeat Gospel/ Cajun version of "Amazing Grace" on her album Octaroon. Check it out - if you have itunes, it's available in their music store.
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[personal profile] rachelkachel 2005-09-27 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
There's one we sing at church more often than the original... I don't know where the tune comes from, though. It has a lot of Alleluias in it and usually the second verse is Jesus Loves Me (which I've always thought was a little odd).
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[personal profile] deceptica 2005-09-27 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Fraggles! :-D

[identity profile] ironychan.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You forgot 'The Ballad of Gilligan's Island'.
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