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INDIAN
SONG.
8,
8,
6.
"God
is
no
respecter
of
persons."-Acts
10:34.
Key
of
D
Major.
T.
and
J.
R.
Turner,
1850.
In the
dark
wood
no
In-dian
nigh,
Then
me
look
Heav'n
and
send
up
cry,
Up
-
on
my
knee
so
low
That
God
on
High
God
send
He
an
-
gels
take
me
care,
He
come
Him-self,
He
hear
my
prayer,
If
in
-
side
heart
do
pray,
Now
me
love
God
In shin
-
ing
place,
See
me
at
night
with
tear
-
y
face,
The
priest
did
tell
me so.
with
in
-
side
heart,
He
fight
for
me,
He
take
my
part,
He
with
me
night
and
day.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
T.
and
J.
R.
Turner,
in
1850.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
of
T.
Turner.
J.
R.
Turner
helped
to
revise
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1850.
Professor
James
R.
Turner
was
born
in
Hancock
County
in
1807,
died
in
1874,
and
was
buried
at
Wesley
Chapel,
Villa
Rica,
Ga.
He
was
the
father
of
W.
S.
Turner,
who
is
the
author
of
some
music
in
this
book.
He
was
a
fine
singer,
leader,
and
teacher.
He
taught
music
in
Georgia
and
Alabama
for
more
than
forty
years.
He
was
a
great
and
good
man.
His
son,
W.
S.
Turner,
and
himself
composed
music,
and
intended
to
publish
a
song
book,
but
died
before
doing
so.
A
full
history
of
J.
R.
Turner
appears
in
James'
"Brief
History
of
the
Sacred
Harp."
pages
91-95.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Chattahoochee
Music
Con-
vention
from
the
time
of
its
organization
in
1852
up
to
the
time
of
his
death.
He
gave
the
writer
his
first
instruction
in
music.
The
tune
was
arranged
by
Mr.
Turner
as
he
got
the
words
and
music
from
a
converted
Indian
during
his
travels
as
a
singing
teacher.
Alto
and
tune
re-arranged
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James,
1911.
This
tune
was
originally
in
Sacred
Harp,
page
329,
inserting
in
lieu
of
it,
"Vain
World
Adieu,"
on
page
287;
Christian
Harmony
by
Wm.
Walker,
1866.
We
find
this
note
above
the
words:
"These
verses
were
taken
almost
verbatim,
by
a
Missionaay,
from
an
Indian's
experience
while
relating
it."