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BEP(F.763.020
18 Apr 1763:32 (1441)
Brookfield, Apr 6. The following is perhaps the most
remarkable instance of singing that ever happened, the truth
whereof may be relied upon for numbers of credible persons
can testify thereto, viz. That one Thomas Banister, of this
town, has a son not yet four years old, who would at three
years and an half sing twenty different tunes in psalmody,
by rules commonly used in the books; exactly conforming
himself thereto without any assistance, only naming the
particular tune to him. ---- And when this child was but
twenty two months old, he would sing the tune of Dr. Watts's
Ode with another person, who only sung bass to the same, and
carry it thro' without missing one note.
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