The Sacred Harp: when we're talking "adoring" and "things," this is pretty much up at the top of the list. This book changed my life. See all previous entries in this blog to read how. (By the way: not the original binding - a friend in Alabama had it rebound for me when it started falling apart from use.)
I starting listening to Sacred Harp music when I was in High School. It was never a social or shared pleasure. I had to conceal this from the Long Island town of the 1970s where this occured. I was already a social pariah.
ReplyDeleteBut I secretly shared it with my litte golden daughter, singing in her ear every night in place of lullabies.