Hallelujah Lyrics

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theguy4120
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Hallelujah Lyrics

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I'm new here so forgive if I'm asking an obvious question! I understand there are as many as '80' verses to LC's Hallelujah and I was wondering if anyone can tell me where I can find all of the verses (whatever the true number is)??? Thanks! theguy
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More info here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8046
and
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13097

Try the "Search" button on the upper right corner to look for "hallelujah" and "verses".

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Re: Hallelujah Lyrics

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So I read thru all the posts I could find and it appears that people have been able to come up with only '8' total verses to Hallejulah and yet there is evidence to suggest many many more verses exist! Any additional verses to this magnificent song would be a wonderful thing for music, for love, for religion, for poetry, for life! Can someone ask LC to publish them for his old and new and ever increasing fan base???? theguy
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I believe the other verses are in Leonard's personal notebooks, locked away until he decides to publish or donate them to somewhere of his choice.
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Or they might be available here:
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/index.html)

See this (older) thread for details:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5629


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Yes, that the place Maarten! Many boxes of Leonard's manuscripts are already there and no doubt the others will eventually find a home there.
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