Bringing In the Sheaves
"Bringing in the Sheaves" is a popular American Gospel song used almost exclusively by Protestant Christians. The lyrics were written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw, who was inspired by Psalm 126:6, "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." Shaw also wrote music for these words, but they are now usually set to a tune by George Minor, written in 1880.
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In popular culture
- The hymn's refrain was sung in the 1933 movie Tillie and Gus starring W.C. Fields.
- The hymn was sung in the 1938 movie Of Human Hearts starring Walter Huston.
- The hymn was sung in the 1948 movie 3 Godfathers starring John Wayne.
- The hymn was sung in the 1955 movie The [Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter] starring Robert Mitchum.
- Charles Ives used fragments of this and other 19th-century American secular and spiritual songs in his 2nd Symphony.
- In the 1966 film Batman, this song is played by a marching band as Batman tries to dispose of a bomb.
- The hymn's refrain was sung in several episodes of the TV show Little House on the Prairie.
- The hymn was sung in the 1986 movie The [Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2] starring Dennis Hopper
- The hymn's refrain has been included in a number of episodes of The Simpsons:
- * It was sung by Rod and Todd Flanders in the 1992 episode Bart the Lover.
- * It was whistled by Ned Flanders in the 1994 episode Homer Loves Flanders, and partially sung in the 1995 episode The Springfield Connection.
- * It was also sung by Reverend Lovejoy in the 1994 episode Bart's Girlfriend.
- * The 2004 episode Sleeping with the Enemy had a song called “Planing Down the Thighs” set to the chorus.
- The hymn's refrain was sung in the first episode of the 2020 miniseries The Queen's Gambit.
- The hymn's refrain was sung at church in the 2014 episode of the TV show Two and a Half Men titled "Miss Pasternak"
- In the film Final Destination 5 the coroner John Bloodworth whistles the hymn's refrain