Barbara McAlister Sings a Cherokee Lullaby and “Amazing Grace”

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Topics: Diversity

Keywords: Barbara McAlister, Cherokee, opera, “Amazing Grace”, diversity, American Indians

07 December 2009

Podcast transcript

Cherokee lullaby (lyrics are in the Cherokee language)

First verse of “Amazing Grace,” by John Newton (1725–1807), sung first in Cherokee, and then in English:

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost and now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

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