You post before you google? Apparently, it's in the spirit of Christ and comes from (near as I can tell) the caption of a statue at Boys' Town that shows a boy carrying another boy. Lots of results for a song with that title too.
Must we be slaves to google? Google doesn't seem to have the definitive answer here, anyways, based on your results.
Not only must we be slaves to Google, I reject the implication that there's a standard of definitiveness apart from what Google reveals.
So you reject the notion that there is truth independent of what human inquiry reveals. You've been reading that Heidegger fellow again, haven't you?
truth independent of what human inquiry reveals...that's just another way of saying Google search! Baby!
I think it's from the film "Boys Town," starring Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan.
In high school chorus we sang a gospel song called 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". Could it have emerged from the oral tradition of slave culture?
I know that it did not originate with Boys Town, as Father Flanagan, from what I gather, only adopted it in 1941.
I do know that Roe Fulkerson, the first editor of Kiwanis Magazine, published a column with "He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother," in 1924. Anyone know of any earlier references to the phrase?
Sorry, managed to post without my e-mail address!
I would be curious to know if there is anything new on the debate about "He Ain't Heavy." I just bought Roe Fulkerson's "My Personal Pages," and was fascinated to see the subject matter. Bill Cater, please respond if you see this. I'm a Kiwanian in California.