Name: Am I Born To Die
Duration: P00H04M41S
Description: I learned this one from Doc Watson, and it’s long been a favorite of mine to sing a cappella. The imagery is so beautifully apocalyptic and I love the question posed in the title. It finishes out with another hymn I love “Meeting is Over” or “Land on Shore”, whose repeated “we’ll land on shore” refrain has been a mantra to cling to for me in difficult times.

Am I Born To Die

from To Lay This Body Down by Hannah Rose Baker

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I learned this one from Doc Watson, and it’s long been a favorite of mine to sing a cappella. The imagery is so beautifully apocalyptic and I love the question posed in the title. It finishes out with another hymn I love “Meeting is Over” or “Land on Shore”, whose repeated “we’ll land on shore” refrain has been a mantra to cling to for me in difficult times.

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And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?

A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought;
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot!

Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!

Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!

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from To Lay This Body Down, released September 28, 2022
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Hannah Rose Baker Boston, Massachusetts

Hannah Rose Baker never thought that she would be a musician, at least, not one who loved country music, played in dive bars, and revered Willie Nelson. Nevertheless, that is where she has found herself today. Armed with her father’s guitar, her fiddle and her voice, Baker writes and performs songs of humorous melancholy that pay tribute to the deep and wide traditions of American music. ... more

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