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Sydney Carter
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Short Name: Sydney Carter
Full Name: Carter, Sydney, 1915-2004
Birth Year: 1915
Death Year: 2004

Wikipedia Biography

Sydney Bertram Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English poet, songwriter, and folk musician who was born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song "Lord of the Dance" (1967), whose music is based on the "Shaker Allegro" more commonly known as the song "Simple Gifts", and the song "The Crow on the Cradle". His other notable songs include "Julian of Norwich" (sometimes called "The Bells of Norwich"), based on words of Julian of Norwich, "One More Step Along the World I Go", "When I Needed a Neighbour", "Friday Morning", "Every Star Shall Sing a Carol", "The Youth of the Heart", "Down Below" and "Sing John Ball".
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Tunes by Sydney Carter (13)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BITTER WAS THE NIGHTSydney Carter (Composer)211345 12321 75411
CAMDEN (Carter)Sydney Carter 1915- (Composer (melody))211111 12167 12716
EVERY STARSydney Carter (Composer)915432 17354 5123
[Catch the Bird of heaven]Sydney Carter (Composer)115432 41321 23215
FRIDAY MORNINGSydney Carter, 1915- (Composer)155117 65112 32345
[Go walking through the world]Sydney Carter (Composer)151132 53554 32755
JUDAS AND MARYSydney Carter (Composer)851555 54321 12323
[Loud are the bells of Norwich]Sydney Carter (Composer)115513 43213 13451
SIMPLE GIFTSSydney Carter (Harmonizer)4955112 31345 55321
SOUTHCOTESydney Carter (Composer)911123 12551 11231
[There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man]Sydney Carter (Composer)153112 31345 55567
TRAVEL ONSydney Carter (Composer)255112 32343 21755
NEIGHBOUR (Carter)Sydney Carter (Composer)1655112 32135 57532

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