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Center My Heart

by Daniel Mandel

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This is a song that uses the text of a dying man John D. Lee. These are the final words he spoke before being killed by a firing squad as found in the documentary The West on PBS Episode 6 (1874 - 1877)
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/progra…es/six/centermy.htm


Then, just before being shot John D. Lee shook hands with his executioners, handed his hat and overcoat to a friend. His last words were to the firing squad: "Center my heart boys," he said. "Don't mangle my body."

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CENTER MY HEART

Center my heart boys
Don't mangle my body

I have but little to say this morning.
Of course I feel
that I am upon the brink of eternity...
I feel as calm as a summer morn....
I am ready to meet my Redeemer....

I do not believe everything
that is now being taught
and practiced by Brigham Young.
I do not care who hears it....

I studied to make this man’s will
my pleasure for thirty years.
See, now, what I have come to this day!
I have been sacrificed in a cowardly, dastardly manner...
What confidence can I have in such a man!
I have none, and I don’t think
my Father in heaven has any...

Center my heart boys
Don't mangle my body

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released December 27, 2015
Words - John D. Lee
Music by Daniel Mandel
Performance by Enlightened Madness

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I'm so glad you found my Bandcamp page! I am a singer songwriter, I play guitars, keyboards, strange synthesizers and amazing virtual instruments. I love the craft of songwriting. I am also a Life Coach and a podcaster! I am actually very down to earth and would welcome hearing from you! ... more

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