The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Brookfield, April 6. The following is perhaps the most remarkable Instance of Singing that ever happened, the Truth whereof may be relied upon, for Numbers of credible Persons can testify thereto, viz. That one Thomas Bannister, of this Town, has a Son not yet four Years old, who would at three Years and an half old sing Twenty different Tunes in Palmody, by Rules commonly used in the Books; exactly conforming himself thereto without any Assistance, only naming the particular Tune to him----And when this Child was but Twenty two Months old, he would sing the Tune of Dr. Watts's Ode with another Person, who only sung Bass to the same, and carry it through without missing one Note.