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183. I danced in the morning when the world was begun

Text Information
First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun
Author: Sydney Carter 1915-
Refrain First Line: Dance then, wherever you may be
Meter: irregular
Publication Date: 1977
Copyright: Words and Music from Green Print for Song © 1963 Stainer & Bell Ltd (in USA by permission of Galaxy Music Corporation)
Tune Information
Name: LORD OF THE DANCE
Melody adapted by: Sydney Carter 1915
Key: F Major or modal
Source: from an American Shaker tune



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