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    "Amazing Grace"genre: World/Folk Cover Songs
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    One of the most famous songs in the English language! Featuring the voice of Jack Glenn as the composer, John Newton.
    Label: Sonoran Bayou Records
    Credits: Jack Glenn - narrator, CP - vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangement, additional lyrics

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    Amazing Grace
    trad. by John Newton 1779
    new words by Chuck Phillips

    Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me.
    I once was lost, but now I'm found,
    I was blind, but now I see.

    It was grace that taught my heart to fear,
    And grace my fears relieved.
    How precious did that grace appear
    The hour I first believed.

    Through many dangers, toils and snares
    I have already come;
    It's grace that's brought me safe so far
    And grace will lead me home.

    Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
    and mortal life shall cease,
    I shall possess within the veil,
    A life of joy and peace.



    (Narrator)

    My name is John Newton, and I was born in 1725 in London, England. My father was the captain of a great merchant ship, so I followed him to sea when I was only 11 years old. By the time I was 19, I was forced to serve on a British Naval ship, but I found this duty to be intolerable. I deserted the ship, but later I was recaptured and punished.

    Soon after that I began a dark period of my life which I will always regret. I worked as slave trader. We sailed to West Africa to obtain cargos of human beings to sell for a rich profit. And I couldn't see their suffering, and how terrible I was.

    However, in 1748 I experienced a turning point in my life, an event that seriously changed my viewpoint forever. On the voyage home, I was trying to steer my ship through a violent storm. The wind was tearing up the sails and giant waves were crashing over the ship. I was certain that the ship would sink and we would all perish in the raging sea.

    But an amazing thing happened. We were saved! And I knew I was being given another chance to be a better person. I never traded another slave after that day in the storm.

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