Posted by:
summer
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Date: September 14, 2013 04:53AM
Music has the power to stir the emotions, and Mormonism (at one time) had a strong emotional pull for you.
The melodies that you were hearing (and associated with Mormonism) were initially Christian hymns or other types of songs, often with very different lyrics. For instance, the music for the Mormon hymn, "Praise to the Man" comes from the Scottish patriotic anthem, "Scotland the Brave."
You can see some bagpipers performing it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fxMFQL5ZOMLyrics:
http://www.songandpraise.org/scotland-the-brave-lyrics.htmAs Caffiend suggested, listing to the hymns with their original lyrics might be quite the eye opener!