Sydney Bertram Carter was an English poet, songwriter, folk musician and Christian/Quaker, born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song "Lord of the Dance" (1963), set to the tune of the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts". Another notable song is "One More Step along the road I go..." He studied at Christ's Hospital school in Horsham, West Sussex and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in history in 1936. Wikipedia
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It is with great sadness to report that English songwriter and poet, Sydney Carter, died on March 13, 2004, at the age of 88. hometown.aol.com/musbuff/page4.htm
Sydney Carter Last Updated: 9:31pm GMT 15/03/2004 Sydney Carter, who has died aged 88, was the poet and songwriter whose Lord of the Dance became the most celebrated religious song of the 20th century. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/16/...
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